Destitute allocations received by rich people [Archives:2007/1065/Reportage]

Saddam Al-Ashmouri
For Yemen Times
Coinciding with the establishment of Ammran governorate, mid 1998, the Ammran-branch Social Care Fund, whose main task is to provide lump sums of money to the poor, the destitute, and the elderly people with no children, as well as the orphans, was established. On average, the fund provides each deserving citizen with about 6,000 every three months. Though very little, this sum could meet some of the basic requirements of destitute people.

However, some people assured that such sums of money do not reach those who actually in need for them. Additionally, they claimed that those allocations are taken by rich people. To make sure of that, we went to different areas in Ammran to investigate those claims. So, we come up with the following outcomes.

Some people, we met, stressed that there is no justice in distributing the allocations of the social care. They also hinted that those allotments are given to some rich and influential people in the area; however, those people declined to give their names for fear that their relatives receiving money from the fund may be subjected to punishment by those in charge of the fund.

“The state does not neglect us; however