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Saudi Arabia launches new aid projects for 3.435 million people in Yemen
Yemeni leader Rashad Al-Alimi and Saudi officials launched new aid projects for 3.435 million people in Yemen.
The package includes 250,000 food baskets, tents and shelter kits, drinking water, medical supplies and housing for displaced people.
It also includes 100 volunteer programmes for 265,000 people, covering medical care, training, education and economic support.
The projects are delivered through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, which says it has completed 1,238 projects in Yemen worth more than $4.8 billion.
The aid targets basic needs across several areas, including food security, water, health and shelter.
The new package is part of ongoing Saudi humanitarian assistance, with no further steps specified.
Saudi Arabia has launched a new package of humanitarian and relief projects in Yemen intended to benefit 3.435 million people.
The package includes food baskets, shelter supplies, drinking water, health support and housing for displaced people.
It also includes 100 volunteer programmes expected to benefit 265,000 people.
Yemeni President Rashad Al-Alimi and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center supervisor Abdullah Al-Rabeeah attended the launch.
The sources give different figures for the housing project in Hajjah: 232 homes in Okaz and 332 homes in Al Eqtisadiah.
- Who
- Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center launched the projects. Yemeni President Rashad Al-Alimi and the center’s supervisor, Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, attended.
- What
- A new package of relief and humanitarian projects and 100 volunteer programmes was launched.
- When
- October 27, 2026.
- Where
- Yemen. The launch was attended during Al-Alimi’s visit to the center’s headquarters in Riyadh.
- Why
- To provide humanitarian and relief assistance, including food, shelter, water, health services and housing for displaced people.
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Al-Alimi visited the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center’s headquarters in Riyadh.
Al-Alimi and Al-Rabeeah witnessed the launch of the new projects and 100 volunteer programmes.
- Intended beneficiaries
- 3.435 million people
- Volunteer programmes
- 100 programmes benefiting 265,000 people
- Food aid
- 250,000 food baskets
- Shelter supplies
- 25,000 shelter kits and 17,500 tents
- Yemen projects by the center
- 1,238 projects costing more than $4.8 billion
- Housing in Hajjah
- 232 homes according to Okaz; 332 according to Al Eqtisadiah
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What people are saying
the Kingdom's positions will remain etched in the memory of the Yemeni generations
the center has implemented 4,525 projects in 113 countries