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Water, the Foundation of Life and Success
Mohammed and his sons – with help from skilled workers and community members employed through the same cash-for-work project – built a 18000 liters ground water reservoir fed from a spring near his…
Water and Work: YECRP’s Approach to Addressing Climate-Induced Water Shortages
UNDP’s Yemen Emergency Crisis Response Project (YECRP) has been working to implement long-term solutions, with funding and support from the World Bank’s International Development Association and in…
World Water Day: What Does it Mean to You?
UNDP is committed to ensuring that every Yemeni’s basic human right to access to safe, sufficient and affordable water, sanitation and hygiene, is met.
YECRP: Lifting Women From Poverty Through Livestock Projects in Yemen
UNDP's Yemen Emergency Crisis Response Programme (YECRP) – in partnership with the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) – has been diligently working with our local partner, the…
Soil, the Hearth of the Earth
Accounting for approximately 15 per cent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) – and employing more than 50 per cent of the workforce – agriculture is more than just a source of income for the…
Social Protection Enhancement and COVID-19 Response Project (SPECRP)
Social Protection Enhancement and COVID-19 Response Project (SPECRP) aims to provide (a) nurtrition-sensitive cash transfers; (b) temporary employment; and (c) increased access to basic services and…
Saving Ali’s Life Through Community Education Programmes
“Through this project I have taught many women with low – or no – literacy about cholera, diarrhea, natural breast feeding, pregnancy, and many aspects of maternal health. I feel like I’m having a…
A Strategic Framework for an Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19 in Yemen (2020 - 2021)
This report sets out the framework for the United Nations (UNs urgent socio economic support to Yemen in the face of COVID 19 putting in practice the UN Secretary General s Shared responsibility,…
Saving Women and Children in Yemen Through Cash Transfers
Afaf is familiar with Yemen statistics on a deeply personal level. Her baby girl died of malnutrition after living on a diet of milk and rice for months. “I couldn't afford to give her food. She died,…