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The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY), the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND), and the Sela Foundation for Development have inaugurated 133 housing lighting systems and 20 public utilities operational systems (primary schools, secondary schools, health centers) powered by solar energy in the three Yemeni governorates. This comes as part of the "Using Renewable Energy to Improve the Quality of Life in Yemen" project. The plans targeted Hadhramaut, Taiz and Hodeidah, to the benefit of 2,950 individuals.

The project ran by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) for clearing landmines in Yemen, MASAM, managed to remove 3,000 landmines, explosive devices, and unexploded ordnance in October. Osama Al-Gosaibi, the project director, said that the teams that have been working in more than 11 Yemeni provinces since June 2018 continue to discover more mines randomly planted by the Houthis after each truce. Al-Gosaibi added that planting mines by Houthis is accelerating and expanding in scope.

Aden, Yemen: 09 October 2023 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Yemen and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) have launched a project to support targeted vulnerable communities in Yemen.

Yemeni officials are increasingly concerned about environmental hazards in the country, saying Hurricane Daniel that hit the Libyan city of Derna this month has raised the possibility of similar disasters in Yemen in light of poor urban planning and infrastructure. The Office of Agriculture and Irrigation in the temporary capital Aden recently warned that the disasters in Libya could be repeated in the areas of Bir Hassan and Huswah in the Aden governorate, and also in the Lahj governorate, where a number of residences are built near the Wadi Tuban stream.

The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (Masam) announced on Monday that more than 780 landmines were dismantled in the first week of September in Yemen, a significant achievement in the project's ef