The UAE-based Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has launched a project to construct an integrated solar-powered water pump in Yashbem, Shabwa Governorate of Yemen, which will benefit nearly 5,000 people.

Following the launch, Ahmed Al Niyadi, ERC Representative in Shabwa, said that the project reflects the desire of the UAE and its leadership to improve the humanitarian conditions in Yemen while noting that it is also part of the ERC’s efforts to restore local infrastructure and ease the suffering of local residents, to alleviate their dire conditions.

Al Niyadi also highlighted the ERC’s efforts to solve the problem of water scarcity in Shabwa and stressed that this is a major problem that affects the residents of desert areas.

The ERC is keen to support this project, to provide water and irrigation, he added.