Save the Children was the first international NGO to register in Yemen in 1963 and has since then had a consistent presence in the country. Initially involved mainly in health work such as vaccination campaigns and building hospitals, in the early 90’s Save the Children took on emergency work in response to both the arrival of refugees from Somalia and the short Southern Secessionist war. Now, we work with in a wide range of fields, having programmes to support child rights governance, education, protection, health, nutrition and food security. Our dual mandate allows us to work with these issues both in emergency situations and with a developmental approach for more long-term impact.
The country programme has seen a large growth over the last three years from a relatively small rights-based programme of around 17 staff to a large scale rights- and community-based programme of 130 staff. In budget terms Save the Children Yemen has grown from around USD one million turnover per year to USD 5.2 million in 2010 and is expected to be USD 8-10 million in 2011. In 2010, almost 190,000 persons in Yemen – of which more than 105,000 are children – benefitted directly from our programmes in Yemen. The indirect beneficiaries of our programmes were close to 700,000 persons.
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