Reviewing needs of Magrabah Directorate in Hajjah

Branch Directors of the Supreme Council for Humanitarian Affairs in Hajjah, Allan Fadhil, and the Health Office, Dr. Ahmed Al-Kahlani, were briefed on the needs of the Magrabah Directorate in a number of sectors. They, along with the Director of the OCHA Office in the province, Anastasia Gorbatova, the Director of the Directorate, Ali Kamel, the Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Ayman Noman, and the United Nations Fund Coordinators, Abdullah Al-Haddad and Food Security, Khaled Al-Shuwai, were briefed on the Directorate's needs in the sectors of health, water, environmental sanitation, and food security. During the visit, Fadhil and Al-Kahlani stressed the need to quickly submit an assessment of the need to begin working to alleviate the people's suffering of the district and meet their needs. For his part, the Director of the Directorate praised the keenness of the leadership of the Supreme Council and the province to address the concerns and needs of the people of the Directorate. In turn, the United Nations team appreciated the efforts of the province's leadership and the Supreme Council in facilitating their field visits to the directorate to see its needs. The team confirmed its readiness to support the directorate's needs during the current year and to begin interventions as soon as grants are available. Source: Yemen News Agency