Our projects in Yemen

Communicating water awareness

The project aims to raise awareness of water resource management and contribute towards the development of the National Water Resources Authority's capacity to successfully implement activities in order to enable water users in communities to manage their own water resources better.

Duration: 3 years with a possible extension to 5 years
Start date: tbc
End date: tbc

Principal local partners:
National Water Resources Authority (Sana’a)
Hodeidah Branch of the National Water Resources Authority
Yemeni Society for Environmental Protection (Hodeidah Governorate)
Water User Associations, Water User Groups and Basin Committees, imams of mosques and media personnel (Hodeidah and Sana’a Governorates)

Principal funder(s):
Progressio core funds

RICA objectives*:

Theme 2: Sustainable environment
Goal: Poor and marginalised people will have improved quality of life through more equitable and sustainable management of natural resources, especially in the light of climate change and resource scarcity.

Objective 2.2 Sustainable natural resource management
To promote sustainable management of forest, coastal and water resources for the benefit of poor and marginalised people.

Objective 2.3 Environmental advocacy
To ensure poor people have sustainable and equitable access to natural resources, including addressing unsustainable patterns of global production and consumption in a context of climate change, resource scarcity and degradation.

Expected results:

Result 1: To promote sustainable management of forest, coastal and water resources for the benefit of poor and marginalised people.

Result 2: To ensure poor people have sustainable and equitable access to natural resources, including addressing unsustainable patterns of global production and consumption in a context of climate change, resource scarcity and degradation.

Approx. cost p.a. (pounds sterling): tbc

Enhancing civil society organisations’ capacity to support civic activism and advocate for effective local governance and women’s political participation in selected districts

Poor and marginalised people, especially women, will have greater influence on decisions and policies which affect their lives in order to reduce their poverty.

Duration: 2 years
Start date: April 2011
End date: March 2013

Principal local partners:
Attadhamoun Development Association (Al-Boreika district in Aden Governorate)
Al-Wadian Association for Society Development (Darsad district in Aden Governorate)
Reach-out Foundation for Human Development (Al-Marawa district in Hodeidah Governorate)
Ministry of Local Administration

Principal funder(s):
Progressio core funds

RICA objectives*:

Theme 1: Participation and effective governance
Goal: Poor and marginalised people, especially women, will have greater influence on decisions and policies which affect their lives in order to reduce their poverty.

Objective 1.1: Influencing local government plans and policies
To empower and promote the voices of poor and marginalised communities, especially women, in order to increase local government transparency, accountability and responsiveness to those communities.

Objective 1.2: Influencing national government plans and policies
To empower and promote the voices of poor and marginalised communities, especially women, in order to increase national government transparency, accountability and responsiveness to those communities.

Expected results:

Result 1: Increased transparency, accountability and responsiveness of local government to marginalised communities, especially women, in Al-Boreika and Darsad districts of Adan Governorate and Al-Marawa district of Al-Hodeida Governorate.

Result 2: Increased transparency, accountability and responsiveness of national government to marginalised communities, especially women, in Al-Boreika and Darsad districts of Adan Governorate and Al-Marawa district of Al-Hodeida Governorate.

Approx. cost (US dollars): $720,768

Strengthening the capacity of civil society organisations in tackling HIV and AIDS in Yemen

The project aims to achieve an effective response to the HIV and AIDS pandemic from communities, faith groups, civil society and government in policy and practice that will result in lower infection rates, greater access to care and support services and decreased stigma and discrimination.

Duration: 4 years
Start date: April 2010
End date: March 2014

Principal local partners:
Interaction in Development (Sana’a Governorate)
Abu Musa Al Ashary Charitable Association (Hodeidah Governorate)
Women’s Association for Sustainable Development (Aden Governorate)

Principal funder(s):
European Commission 75%
Progressio core funds 25%

RICA objectives*:

Theme 3: HIV and AIDS
Goal: People who are affected by or vulnerable to HIV and AIDS will have greater access to care, support and prevention and there will be a reduction in the stigmatisation and discrimination they experience.

Objective 3.1: Rights for people affected by or vulnerable to HIV and AIDS
To promote the development and implementation of policies that protect the rights of specific vulnerable groups with regard to HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment and care.

Objective 3.2: Gender, stigma and HIV and AIDS
To inform and influence opinion formers to promote greater understanding of issues of gender, stigma and discrimination in order to protect and promote the rights of people affected by or vulnerable to HIV and AIDS.

Objective 3.3: Prevention of HIV and AIDS
To reduce unsafe behaviour among specific target groups related to HIV and AIDS.

Expected results:

Result 1: Individuals and groups of people living with HIV have improved their technical capacity to deal with advocacy and policy-related issues in order to protect the rights of people living with HIV and ensure their participation in decision-making.

Result 2: Increased level of awareness on HIV and AIDS, the rights of people living with HIV and gender-related issues among diverse target groups (faith leaders and other influential groups, civil society organisations, vulnerable population groups) and reduced level of stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV in project areas.

Approx. cost (euros): €405,449

* RICA (Regular Impact and Capacity Assessment) is our monitoring and evaluation framework. You can read more about how we use this to measure progress and outcomes in our accountability framework. You can also read the ‘route map’ showing the impact and outcomes we are striving to achieve across all of our work, and the indicators and means of verification that we will use to measure our progress.