Total to get jobless Yemenis into work

SANA'A, Oct 08 (Saba) - The French Total Petroleum Company has
announced a plan to get jobless Yemeni people at areas where the
company operates into work.

The company general director Martin Deffontaines said Total will
get as many as possible unemployed Yemenis of those who are
available at areas near the company activities into work.

The French ambassador to Yemen Gilles Gauthier said the move comes
to build up human capabilities in the country, affirming France
gives priority to human development, adding any country can't
develop unless its people are developed.

Total has distributed 7000 school bags at the schools of the Sah
district in Hadramout province in an effort to promote education in
these areas.

Total undertakes many activities aimed at improving conditions of
people at areas where it operates.

The Hadromout deputy governor Ahmed Junaid al-Junaid appreciated
Total's initiatives to help neighboring people, affirming the
government support such activities.

Total, the third -European largest oil company and one of the top
four oil companies in the world, is the biggest foreign investor in
Yemen.

It operates at the 10th bloc in Shabwa with other partnerships at
other oil blocs in the country. it started producing oil at the bloc
in 1997 and since then it has produced about 100 million barrels.
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