The National Tobacco Company (NTC) and Amran Local Authority provided more than 250 Yemeni Jews with equipment for sewing, leatherworks and ironworks, school chairs and books, and masonry. According to SABA news agency, Amran Governor Taha Hajar and Sana'a NTC Manager Abdul Raqeeb Basha stated that the equipment, with a cost of YR3 million, were granted in order to develop traditional handcrafts, in addition to reduce poverty by providing job opportunities.
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