The World Food Program in Yemen is privileged to have Qatar as a major ally and one of the most generous benefactors in the area.

Mr. Richard Ragan, representative of the World Food Program in Yemen, praised the prominent role played by the State of Qatar in the field of humanitarian aid, stressing that it is a major partner of the United Nations in supporting humanitarian work around the world. In an interview with Qatar News Agency (QNA), Ragan noted Qatar’s contribution of $100 million to support the efforts of the United Nations World Food Program in Yemen over the past years, noting that it was among the largest contributors in the region. He added that the State of Qatar has become an important position in organizing and holding major global events and events, pointing in this regard to its hosting of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, which is a gathering of important leaders from all over the world, and the United Nations World Food Program grants, An opportunity to meet partners to talk about ways in which they can deepen the partnership, not only with WFP in Yemen, but with WFP around the world. He explained that the World Food Program is the largest humanitarian agency in the world, as it has a partnership with a large number of leaders and officials of the countries participating in the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, indicating that as a representative of the World Food Program in Yemen, he sees the importance of strengthening the role of the international community to help Yemen to establish peace. He pointed out that the indicator of the success of the World Food Program is leaving the country in which it operates. And he said: " I always deal with conflict, disasters, and instability. The ability to bring about a transition from a humanitarian situation and saving lives to resilience and development is what we should focus our attention on in Yemen as well, and I hope that Yemen, as we see it, continues to move towards peace, and therefore we need To talk about development and transition from the stage of saving lives". He pointed out that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will reduce hunger in half by 2030, which is an ambitious goal, but unfortunately the World Food Program has many accumulated files for people in need of life-saving aid, almost double what the situation was eight years ago. Pointing out that when the program began 23 years ago, its budget was $2 billion a year, and now in Yemen alone its budget is $2.9 billion a year. He added that the demand for international aid from the World Food Program has reached 20 billion dollars, and therefore the program has now become the largest program in the United Nations system, which is not a good thing, saying: " When people are hungry, that is a problem, and the goal for us in the World Food Program should be an order of magnitude less, but unfortunately this is the situation the world is in now, and the trends do not bode well for any positives." .