Sana’a: A joint meeting held today in Sana’a, headed by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed Muftah, discussed preparations for opening the Social and Health Care Center to receive and shelter the “unaccompanied” homeless in the capital.
According to Yemen News Agency, the meeting included the head of the General Authority for Zakat, Sheikh Shamsan Mohsen Abu Nishtan, and the Ministers of Social Affairs Samir Baja’ala and Health and Environment Dr. Ali Shiban, along with a number of undersecretaries and representatives from parties concerned with aspects of care and shelter for the homeless. The participants reviewed topics related to completing the equipment, furniture, and medical supplies needed for the center.
The attendees discussed the tasks accomplished and the necessary needs for the centers for receiving, sheltering, rehabilitating, and integrating the homeless. They emphasized the responsibility placed on the government and the concerned parties towards this vulnerable segment of society, considering sheltering the homeless a humanitarian, religious, moral, and social priority.
They also stressed the importance of achieving the desired results for the center by providing social care for the homeless, rehabilitating them psychologically, reintegrating them into society, and returning them to their families as normal and effective elements.