[29/01/2026 05:16]

TAIZ – SABA
The Governor of Taiz Governorate Nabil Shamsan discussed Thursday with the Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) Office in the governorate Mohammed Akhlaq Rahmani the mechanism for approving and distributing food baskets, in light of the reduction in the number of beneficiaries due to the decline in humanitarian funding.

Governor Shamsan emphasized the importance of adopting a precise mechanism to review beneficiary data in coordination with district directors, and to address shortcomings that led to the exclusion of eligible families.

Shamsan stressed the need to seek additional funding to include eligible cases, internally displaced persons, and the poorest families, amid the continuation of internal displacement and the repercussions of the war and the crimes of terrorist militias.

He noted that the recent reduction in beneficiaries by around 90,000 families has created a significant humanitarian gap, calling for addressing the issues resulting from the new registration mechanism to ensure assistance reaches those in genuine need.

For his part, the Director of the Governorate’s Relief Committee branch presented a report on the number of beneficiaries over previous years, which reached approximately 179,000 families before being reduced to about 55,000 families, leading to the exclusion of many eligible cases, particularly poor families and those displaced from neighboring governorates.

The Director of the WFP Office affirmed that the new registration mechanism, adopted in cooperation with the Central Statistics Organization, aims to regulate the number of beneficiaries in line with available funding, alongside the implementation of empowerment and livelihood improvement projects to achieve sustainable development.

He praised the cooperation of the local authority and its offices in facilitating the programme’s work and humanitarian interventions.

Meanwhile, the Director of the Office of Planning and International Cooperation reviewed the empowerment and livelihoods project within the framework of the WFP’s new intervention plan, underscoring the importance of strengthening cooperation and coordination between local authority offices and the programme to achieve the desired results in alleviating humanitarian suffering and diversifying sustainable empowerment projects.

During the meeting, district directors emphasized the importance of addressing shortcomings based on clear and accurate criteria for targeting eligible families, and avoiding issues accompanying approval and distribution processes, in a way that ensures fair distribution of aid and expands the scope of beneficiaries.

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