Riyadh, 14 Rabi'I,1440 AH, 22 November,2018 , SPA -- The World Food Program (WFP) has welcomed the initiative Imdaad of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to bridge the humanitarian needs gap in Yemen and provide additional support amounting to $ 500 million in equal shares between KSA and the UAE, announced by Advisor-Royal Court, and Supervisor-General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah yesterday. WFP welcomes in a report the pledge by the KSA and the UAE to contribute US $ 500 million to humanitarian food aid in Yemen, part of this funding will go to WFP to cover the funding shortfall in the current humanitarian response, while WFP is helping to increase its operations to deliver life-saving food aid to 10 million to 12 million severely hungry people, including more than 2 million children. -- SPA 14:32 LOCAL TIME 11:32 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w792191