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Innovating in Hodeidah: Finding Solutions for 350 Tons of Daily Solid Waste

To clean up the streets of the city, between May and December 2019, UNDP employed nearly 6,100 people: 3,650 from the local community and 2,450 from the District Cleaning Fund (DCF). Approximately…  


Sustaining Life in Dire Circumstances: Providing Clean Water to Yemen’s Villages

Because of the project, water is now available to around 7,000 residents. The 12,000-meter-long network – built by 10 members of the local community through cash-for-work – is now triple the original…  


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…  


Investing in People to Ensure Strong Local Institutions

Meet Nazar, a workshop manager helping to build the capacity of his team, to ensure a brighter future for all Yemenis.  


Women UN Volunteers in Yemen on the Path to a More Equal Future

In Yemen, women UN Volunteers are stepping up to the many challenges during the pandemic. They are on the frontlines of response despite many hurdles – including gender stereotypes, risks caused by…  


International Women's Day, 2021


Thana Faroq, Documentarian and Photographer

I want Yemen’s women to no longer be afraid to be themselves - to access more opportunities, to speak up without being told otherwise.  


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Women and Men: United for Action Against Mines

For the first time, there are 10 women among the 60 trainees on Non-Technical Survey (NTS) of mines and unexploded ordnance (UXOs). With these vital new skills, trainees will be able to provide…  

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