For more information, visit or contact us:
Yemen - Sa'ada
E-mail : info@ydfy.org
Tel: +967 770477677
Fax: +967 7 854418
Introduction
Yemen Development Foundation (YDF) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political. It was established in 2016 by a group of development professionals with aims to empower most vulnerable, poor and disadvantaged populations.
It is professionally managed NGO, active in individual and community related issues.
The primary focus of YDF is on the problems of the poor; in their struggle to obtain a life of justice and dignity. Environment stabilization, humanitarian work, education, water and sanitation, food security and empowerment of the community for self-governance are the most important components of its mission.
Gender justice, natural resource management, and livelihood security are YDF primary areas of concern.
Maternal and child health, nutrition, child rights and youth empowerment are also within the main focus of YDF, due to the belief that women are a pillar in society, and that children and youth are the foundation for a brighter future for Yemen.
Mission
Sustainable food and nutrition security of poor and disadvantaged populations, mitigating hard life situations caused by the country bad economy and the ongoing conflict which drive people to vulnerability seeking for protection and more dignified life in which their rights of education, health, food.
are secured. YDF seeks to achieve this through the humanitarian interventions in various contexts focusing on equity, justice and human rights. All initiatives of YDF focus on ensuring equal opportunities of resources for poor households through improved access to human development opportunities.
As a strategy, YDF concentrates on building local capacity, ensuring information and technology availability and enhancing linkages to development infrastructure like exploiting natural resources, building partnership with woman and child protection, health and education service providers, and so.
Objective
The main objective of YDF is to create opportunities for deprived and war affected populations for self-empowerment through health, education and community development programs that contribute to minimize poverty by uplifting socio-economic status.
Specific objectives
Values
YDF consistently considers the following values while implementing the programs:
Systems and Policies
YDF has the following systems and policies:
Fawaz Al-Hameed
Chairman
Feeling the responsibility towards our society and homeland, we determined to establish Yemen Development Foundation as a mean and a stemming point to contribute in mitigating the hard situations our people are suffering from, especially in the current times; YDF also seeks, in collaboration with our partners, to reach the comprehensive development of society on basis of independency, transparency, accountability and non-profit while implementing the different programs.
YDF has very good management personnel, who has a long experience in humanitarian work and development programs, according to a set policies and manuals that control all activities in the foundation. In addition, the head of YDF enjoys wide presence amidst humanitarian work, development partners and relief programs.
The aim of YDF is to create opportunities for vulnerable and poor communities as well as people who are affected by the ongoing conflict and the bad economic conditions. This will be through implementing projects and activities in the various sectors of Health, Education, Agriculture, Protection in addition to shelter, Food Security and WASH in aim of coming to achieve happiness and prosperity to our society.
YDF has a very good staff in all sectors work in YDF main office in the capital, Sana’a, and the other sub-offices in many governorates of the republic. By the virtue of this, the foundation was able to implement many activities since the founding in 2016. We work hard with our partners to achieve as many activities as we can so as to serve our country.
Many thanks are extended to all humanitarian activists and to all voluntary workers who contribute in the success of YDF seeking to reach its’ noble goals of serving our homeland through the efforts they exerted and are exerting in the various programs and activities of the foundation.
For more information, visit or contact us:
Yemen - Sa'ada
E-mail : info@ydfy.org
Tel: +967 770477677
Fax: +967 7 854418
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