Food Security & Livelihood Improvement in Yemen

Yemen grapples with a worsening food security situation, having topped the list of food crises globally in 2018. International reports continue to highlight Yemen's dire humanitarian crisis, with over 22 million people in need of assistance, 18 million of whom face food insecurity. Shockingly, more than 8 million Yemenis are confronting severe food insecurity, while over five million children are at risk of starvation.

To tackle this crisis, the Foundation has outlined strategies focusing on two main fronts:

1. Food Security:

Implementing urgent measures to plan and execute food security and livelihood programs.

2. Livelihood Improvement:

Enabling families and individuals to attain sustainable access to safe, nutritious, and diverse food through developmental initiatives.

Areas of Focus:

• High Priority Districts: Targeting districts classified in the third and fourth stages of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

• Newly Displaced Individuals: Extending support to newly displaced persons and their host families in high-priority districts.

Program Objectives:

• Facilitating access to safe, nutritious, and diverse food for families.

• Fostering resilience in communities against natural and industrial shocks through capacity building.

• Empowering local communities through skill acquisition for long-term sustainability.

Key Activities:

• Distributing food aid (baskets, cash, vouchers) to food-insecure families.

• Providing assistance (cash, vouchers) to newly displaced individuals and their host families.

• Employing adults in public works programs and infrastructure rehabilitation projects.

• Distributing agricultural tools and seeds to rural families.

• Implementing irrigation projects and providing livestock support.

• Supporting food processing and establishing small-scale enterprises.

• Promoting home gardening initiatives.