The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has signed an agreement to establish an integrated solar-operated water pump unit in Al Safal, in the Shabwa Governorate of Yemen, said a report.

This latest project will help some 2,000 individuals benefit from easy access to clean water, reported state news agency Wam.

The water pump project is part of the aid authority's initiatives to help develop and rebuild infrastructure as part of its efforts to restore normalcy in liberated regions of Yemen, the report stated citing Saif Al Muheiri, head of the ERC Team in Shabwa.