Global Communities has been working in Yemen since 2004 implementing humanitarian and development programs across a broad range of sectors and has continued to provide on-the-ground assistance throughout the current conflict. Programs have included providing emergency aid to communities affected by conflict; empowering young people through job skills development; improving the educational system by rehabilitating schools, training teachers and providing teaching tools; building the capacity of media and civil society organizations; and combatting child labor by reducing the number of children engaged in exploitative practices.

Emergency Assistance to Support Yemeni Communities (EASE)

With funding from USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), Global Communities has provided emergency assistance to vulnerable conflict-affected populations since 2011. EASE helps meet emergency needs and addresses early recovery needs of vulnerable and conflict-affected populations living in the Aden and Lahj governorates in southern Yemen. Utilizing a holistic approach, EASE bolsters food security and livelihoods, improves WASH outcomes and promotes economic recovery activities to increase purchasing power for displaced populations as well as host communities.

Yemen Early Recovery Support (YERS)

With funding from USAID/OFDA, YERS addresses the post-conflict, early recovery needs of vulnerable populations in the Aden and Lahj governorates. The project focuses on food security through the distribution of livestock, economic recovery activities including the provision of market-driven vocational trainings and the establishment of Asset Building Groups. The project also promotes water, sanitation and hygiene awareness at the community and school levels. All activities are implemented through local partnerships to ensure community ownership and promote sustainability.

Yemen Food for Asset Development (YFAD)

With funding from USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP), Global Communities is employing an integrated strategy to promote food security among vulnerable households. YFAD relies on an integrated strategy involving the use of food aid to vulnerable households, labor-based methods to re-engage actors in their own recovery and participatory decision-making approaches focused on women in order to develop productive assets that are owned, managed and maintained by target households and the community. Asset building activities include household and institutional rainwater harvesting, agriculture infrastructure rehabilitation and kitchen gardens. These activities are integrated with behavior change communication training on hygiene and nutrition as well. YFAD is assisting more than 24,000 food insecure households across eight districts in the three governorates of Raymah, Taiz and Ibb. GC