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The United Kingdom contributes GBP 25 million to improve health and nutrition of Yemeni children and women
Sana’a, 29 April 2024 , – The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government has contributed GBP 25 million to UNICEF Yemen to improve the health and nutrition outcomes for children and women in Yemen through a multi-sectoral response. The contribution will enable UNICEF to strengthen primary health care (PHC) and community health systems (CHS…, #####
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Urgently needed nutrition supplies to sustain life-saving treatment of malnourished children in Yemen provided by USAID
Sana’a, 31 October 2023 – , The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) has granted UNICEF a new in-kind contribution of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) valued at US$10.1 million to provide equitable and high-quality life-saving services for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). This contribution will…, #####
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King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre funding helped improve water, sanitation, and hygiene services in four governorates in Yemen
28 August 2023, Sana’a –, In mid-2022, UNICEF received a critical contribution of $5 million from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center in support of UNICEF’s efforts to improve the water supply, sanitation and hygiene services for highly vulnerable people (including internally displaced persons) in the governorates of Marib, Al Jawf, Hajjah and Sa’ada. The…, “, We value the longstanding partnership with the King Salman Humanitarian ...
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UNICEF, USAID launch new program to support Yemen’s health system
Aden, 13 June 2023 – , Today,, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced, a US$1.1 million contribution to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support new programs building on previous U.S.-funded activities to support COVID-19 response and strengthen health systems in Yemen. The USAID-supported programs will help Yemen transition from emergency response to a more sustainable, long-term phase to integrate...
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Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) contributes US$15 million to UNICEF’s WASH interventions in Yemen
Sana’a,, 11, June 2023, – The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has contributed US$15 million to help UNICEF strengthen sanitation and water systems in Yemen. This generous contribution will support the implementation of 13 water and sanitation projects in 11 major cities across Yemen. The interventions under this...
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Sweden contributes an additional US$2.44 million in flexible funding to UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children in Yemen
Sana’a, 27 April 2023, – The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has contributed SEK 25 million (US$2.44 million) in flexible funding to UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC). This generous contribution will ensure that thousands of vulnerable children and women have access to urgent lifesaving basic services. Flexible resources enable…, #####
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USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) grants UNICEF US$11 million to support Integrated lifesaving Nutrition and WASH interventions for children and their families in Yemen
Sana’a, 19 April 2023 – , The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), has announced their support to UNICEF humanitarian response in Yemen with a new contribution of $11 million. This contribution will help provide lifesaving nutrition services to over 159,000 children under five and over 89,000 pregnant or lactating women in ten governorates. In addition, over 718,000 people including...
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Japan grants $1 million to support UNICEF’s nutrition and WASH interventions in Yemen
Sana’a, 12 February 2023 –, The Government of Japan has provided US$ 1 million to support UNICEF humanitarian response in Yemen. Thanks to this grant, at close to 80,000 Yemenis – including more than 40,000 girls and boys - will benefit from lifesaving nutrition and WASH interventions. “Today in Yemen there are more than 2.2 million children suffering from a form of…, #####
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Rehabilitating schools – restoring dignity and hope for the future
The conflict raging in Yemen for almost 8 years has destroyed the social life and institutions, leaving millions in need for support while the education system suffered greatly as more than 2,500 schools damaged, used as shelter by internally displaced people or occupied by armed groups. “Our school was destroye...
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European Union contributes €1 million to UNICEF to support the delivery of essential nutrition services in high-priority districts in Yemen
Sana’a, 02 November 2022, – The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) has contributed, through UNICEF, €1 million to sustain the delivery of essential integrated treatment and preventive nutrition services in high priority districts in Taizz, Al Hudaydah and Sa’ada governorates, in Yemen. This funding will contribute to benefit more than 120,000…, #####
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Evaluating Training Programmes for Better Educational Outcomes
The education sector in Yemen has been strongly affected by the conflict Yemen has been experiencing for over seven years. Actors of the sector got together to identify ways to improve training programmes in 14 governorates. In order to assess achievements of the training programmes implemented in 2021, and to dis...
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USAID grants UNICEF US$28.9 million to respond to child malnutrition in Yemen
Sana’a, 22 September 2022 – , The United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) granted UNICEF US$28.9 million to support the organization’s plan to scale-up early detection and treatment for child malnutrition. A large portion of this grant will be used to procure Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for children. “In Yemen…, #####