U.S. raises vocational training center aid to Yemen to $3.7 mln

SANA'A, Sep. 29 (Saba) - Yemen and the U.S. agreed on Tuesday on increasing the American aid to vocational training centers in Yemen to $3.7 million.

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi and director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Jes Ashley signed in Sana'a an understanding memo stipulated amending and raising the American grants agreement concerning propping up the vocational training centers and technical support programs for technical education and vocational training sector.

The American grant includes enhancing the potentials to qualify youth technically and vocationally and acquiring youth with the required marketing skills.

Moreover, the USAID provides technical assistance for Al-Saleh Foundation to run the Vocational Training Center for Youth Development and equipping a number of vocational centers in Yemen.