Yemen says will give soft loans for affected in North

SANA'A, Nov. 25 (Saba) - Yemen
plans to give soft loans for the people affected by the war between the army and the
Houthi
rebels in the far north, the September 26 website reported on Wednesday. The loan
program will be launched early next year. In this regard, a source at the Ministry
of Labor
and Social Affairs has said that the move aims to help those affected to launch
yielding businesses to reduce poverty and improve their livelihoods. Adel Dabwan,
director
general of the Social Defense at the ministry, also said that the program will
target the families which lost their income sources in the fighting through enabling
them of
handicrafts and agricultural and animal small and medium enterprises just for the
families to protect their social structures and children. Most of the loans are
granted
by the Social Insurance Authority and the Disabled Rehabilitation Fund and would be
largely focused on the children and the disabled, he said. FR