The Al-Amal social and charitable society, Maaden, Qadas held its meeting on Friday, August 14. Mr. Abdulwahab Othman Hasan was nominated as the chairman of the administrative board and Mr. Yasser Ali Mohammed Al-Hilal as chairman of the supervisory board.
The first issue of the Al-Ahd magazine was issued in August. Al-Ahd is a fortnightly (monthly temporarily) political, cultural and social Arab magazine. The publisher and editor-in-chief is Mr. Faker Al-Imad. The first issue contained a lot of articles on Yemeni, Arab and world issues.
Organized by the Human Rights Information & Training Center in cooperation with the United States Information Services, a seminar will be conducted during September 12-13 at the Hadda Hotel in Sanaa. With the participation of 21 Yemeni human rights NGOs, the seminar will focus on establishing civil society and strengthening human rights.
The Social Development Fund at the Ministry of Planning and Development has received a grant of $20 million to help finance small and micro-projects in Yemen. It is part of the efforts to alleviate the burden of economic reform on low-income citizens.
The relevant agreement was signed by the Ministry of Planning and Development and the Arab Fund for Economic Development last June.
Organized by the Ministry of Public Health, in cooperation with the WHO, an inter-country workshop on controlling measles is being held during September 5-7.
About 20 specialists from countries in the eastern Mediterranean region as well as several international health organizations will take part in the workshop. The event's main aim is to consolidate cooperation among the region's countries to help combat measles.
The British frigate HMS Cumberland is scheduled to dock in Maalla, Aden on Thursday, September 24 in a friendly visit to Yemen. This warship is the latest of a series of similar arrivals by US, British, French and other nationality naval ships, attesting to Yemen's growing strategic importance in the region.
