11/01/2024
In the presence of H.E. Ambassador Mohammed Al-Jaber, General Supervisor of the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction of Yemen...
And with funding from the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction of Yemen and Al-Awn Foundation for Development
An agreement to implement the rural education access project in Hadhramout, Shabwa, Mahra, and Lahj governorates was signed in the capital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, between the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction of Yemen and Al-Awn Foundation for Development. Assistant Program Supervisor Engineer Hassan Al-Attas represented the Saudi Program, while Al-Awn Foundation for Development was represented by Dr. Abdella bin Othman, in the presence of Dr. Wa'ed Badi'ab, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Dr. Tariq Al-Akbari, Minister of Education, and Ms. Haifa Al-Hulayli, representative of Al-Awn Foundation for Development in Riyadh.
The project aims to graduate 150 girls as teachers and obtain a (higher diploma) in the directorates of Hajar and Soum in the governorate of Hadhramout, the directorate of Sihout in the governorate of Mahra, the directorate of Habban in the governorate of Shabwa, and the directorate of Al-Waht in the governorate of Lahj.
This project comes as a result of the keenness of the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction of Yemen and Al-Awn Foundation for Development to contribute to increasing the rates of girls' education in the Yemeni countryside, which is considered one of the crucial means for the early recovery phase that Yemen is facing.
The agreement referred to many of the goals that the project will achieve, including reducing the dropout of thousands of students from school, which has raised the illiteracy rate in the countryside to more than 60% among girls, and achieving gender equality in educational opportunities, which will reflect on the availability of job opportunities for girls and contribute to reducing poverty.
The project is considered the start of a distinguished partnership with the Saudi Program for Development and Reconstruction of Yemen, and it meets the orientations and plans of Al-Awn Foundation for Development, which contributes to achieving sustainable development, including education in rural areas, by encouraging girls to enroll in higher education and obtain a diploma after secondary school and enhance their life skills. Their lack of proper education in the present represents a threat to the future.