Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA)

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed a cooperation agreement with a Civil Society Organization to implement the children associated with armed forces or armed groups (CAAFAG) project in Yemen’s Marib Governorate and Seiyun in Hadhramaut Governorate, benefiting 460 children, parents, and members of community committees directly, and 20,000 individuals indirectly. KSrelief Assistant Supervisor General for Operations and Programs Eng. Ahmed bin Ali Al-Baiz signed the agreement via videoconference.

 The project will address the reintegration of children by providing a safe shelter, in addition to psychological, social, health, and educational support; returning them to school; and developing their abilities and talents by training them in professional skills and social engagement.

 The agreement will economically empower parents of targeted children by offering them professional tools, organizing awareness sessions to introduce children’s rights and laws that criminalize their recruitment and the consequences thereof, establishing community committees concerned with monitoring child protection, training members of these committees to spread community awareness about children’s rights, and raising awareness about the crime of child involvement in armed conflicts.