العربية 
Sana’a- On Tuesday, January 9, 2023, at the University of Science and Technology (UST), the short-term professional training program for refugees in the Republic of Yemen in the fields of General Nursing and Intensive Care was concluded. It lasted for 80 days, with a total of 316 training hours, and targeted 70 male and female trainees from refugees, funded by UNHCR and implemented by Namaa Foundation for Small and Microfinance through the Center of Medical Education and Training (CMET) at UST.
At the closing ceremony, Mr. Jamal Zaid, Director of Centers Administration at the University, delivered the speech of the University Presidency, in which he conveyed the congratulations and blessings of the University Presidency to the graduates of the two diplomas, wishing them success and prosperity in their professional lives.
The Director of Centers emphasized the importance of the General Nursing and Intensive Care diplomas in improving health services for refugees.
He also affirmed UST‘s keenness to expand and develop partnership with civil society organizations to contribute to alleviating the humanitarian situation experienced by communities residing in our country as a result of the political and economic conditions in their countries. He added: “Despite the conditions our country is experiencing due to the aggression and blockade, this did not prevent us from contributing to supporting humanitarian-oriented work for refugees in our country.”
For his part, Mr. Mohammed Ali Al-Faran, Director of the Refugee Livelihoods Improvement Project at Namaa Foundation, explained that this course comes within the trainings implemented by the project, funded by UNHCR and under the supervision of the National Committee for Refugee Affairs during 2022. The aim is to equip male and female refugees with skills and capabilities in several professional fields, enabling them to improve their livelihoods and self-reliance.
Al-Faran noted that the Refugee Livelihoods Improvement Project at Namaa Foundation is studying the possibility of adding training programs for refugees in medical fields, such as the Midwifery Diploma and others, in addition to other diplomas in the fields of management and accounting, in cooperation with partners.
He expressed his pride in the partnership with a leading and distinguished university such as UST.
The honoring ceremony included several artistic segments and a speech by the graduates that won the admiration of the attendees.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, which was attended by Director of CMET at the University Mr. Mohammed Al-Hatheq, Mr. Abdulmajeed Al-Adlani, Director of the Consultancy Center, and Mr. Hashid Al-Jabri, Training Officer in the Refugee Livelihoods Improvement Project, the male and female trainees from refugees belonging to four nationalities — Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan — were honored. UST, the Centers Administration, CMET, and all supervisors, coordinators, and contributors to the success of the training program were also honored.