Edited by : Uswatun Khasanah, Data and Reserch Division
The European Union (EU) has contributed new funding totalling $40.8 million to boost United Nations (UN) resilience-building work in Yemen. Interventions will target the most vulnerable community groups, including women, the unemployed, youth, marginalized minority groups, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and stressed host communities. The funding agreement, which has been recently signed in Amman, will support the second phase of the UN Enhanced Rural Resilience in Yemen Programme, which covers a 36-month period and aims to reduce communities' vulnerability to shocks and crises in the conflict-ridden country, which is facing the world's largest humanitarian crisis.
Key points:
1. The programme will be implemented jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Food Programme (WFP)
2. The programme is targetting over vulnerable 735 000 people
3. the EU Head of Delegation, Antonia Calvo Puerta says they are confident that this initiative will contribute to resilience-building work in Yemen, by targeting most vulnerable groups of the Yemeni society.
Small-scale dairy product producers will be supported with improved equipment and training to improve the quality and quantity of their products. Programme activities will also contribute to strengthening women's empowerment and inclusion of women at all stages of implementation considering the social and cultural barriers rural women face in Yemen. (http://www.fao.org/emergencies/fao-in-action/stories/stories-detail/en/c/1186993/).
“Our intervention will have a multiplier effect that will maximize the reach throughout the program. We will be working on behaviour change in agriculture,” said Salah El Hajj Hassan. He believes that agriculture is a vital sector for food and nutrition security in Yemen. (https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/enhancing-resilience-and-self-reliance-crisis-affected-yemeni-communities).
In the overall context The aim of the plan is to reduce acute food insecurity and save the lives of the most vulnerable households.
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