The SFD community contracting mechanism has been successfully implemented in selected SFD interventions. The process of community contracting puts communities in the driving seat.
The SFD's Board of Directors (BoD) held a meeting on 2 December 2014, headed by H.E. Khalid Mahfood Bahah, the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board
The Youth Cultural Center was established in Al-Aiz Village (Aflah Al-Sham, Hajjah) in 2005 as the sole recreational facility for the children and youth of the district.
The Social Fund for Development Signed in May 20, 2014 an agreement for a grant of 10 million Euros with the German Development Bank (KfW), to support the labor-intensive works program (LIWP) for the implementation of rural development projects
The Social Fund for development organized in its main office in Sana’a on 9 April 2014 an introductory workshop in Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and the resilience of rural communities to the environmental changes.
Funded by the Social Fund for Development, the All Girls Foundation lunched in 9 December 2013 a pilot project to generate income through traditional cuisine in order to protect cultural heritage.
The Social Fund for Development (SFD) organized on 8th of July 2013 a workshop for presenting and discussing the findings of the Impact Evaluations conducted by SFD.
A training course was conducted in Sana’a during the period 13-14 2013 on Community Led Total Sanitation program (CLTS) and the usage of smart mobile phones for data collection.
The SFD established the Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Program in Al-Qaeda City (Ibb Governorate) by setting up a community committee to administer the project and build its institutional and technical capacities to support PwDs.
Aisha Khalouf is a poor student in the sixth grade. She is struggling for life but has an unwavering determination for education. Asm'a is a mother and a student.
Community contracting is a process of signing and administering works and services contracts with providers (such as consultants, builders, drivers and professionals) working exclusively within the sub-district.
A number of government health centers suffer from low-quality health services, a poor supply of medicine, unqualified health staff and a lack of basic equipment.
I am a teacher in the "Right to Life" Institution in Sana'a city. The institution serves children suffering from brain atrophy, which causes several troubles, including speech disorders.
The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation and the World Bank signed in Washington D.C. a $25-million grant agreement to support the SFD IV.
Social stability has been one of the major objectives of the SFD’s LIWP. During the period of nationwide political instability, the program was under great pressure as a large number of workers migrated back from cities to villages.
In ancient times, Yemenis creatively excelled in water management. The Gail Al-Awar Canal is evidence of the genius of the pre-Islamic ancestors who constructed the canal under the village of Shibam – Kawkaban.
Bani Gholaifan is a poor community of 575 people located in a rugged area of Al-Sawd, one of the poorest districts of Amran. It consists of three major villages: Al-Muftah, Al-Khozu'a and Al-Qahd.
The SFD-administered Small and Micro-enterprises Promotion Services Agency (SMEPS) launched in Ibb city a microenterprises project to train 120 youths including microfinance clients and university graduates.
The Manager of SFD Branch Office of Mukala and project officers have paid a field visit to a number of rural districts to supervise a number of ongoing projects of the Cash-for-Work Program.
The World Bank (WB) recently released a detailed Implementation and Completion Report (ICR) on the third phase of operations of the Social Fund for Development “SFD” (2004–10).
The Al-Saeed Foundation for Science and Culture has organized, in partnership with the Social Fund for Development and the University of Taiz, a conference in Taiz city on sustainable development.
Under the slogan "This is how they changed their lives," and under auspices of the Prime Minister, Mohamed Salem Basendwah, the Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, Dr. Amat-Arrazaq Ali Hommad, and Mayor of the Capital Sana'a, Abdul-Qader
Al-Aqibah is a sub-district lying in a series of mountains western of the district of Far'a Al-Udain (Ibb governorate). Most of the people of Al-Aqibah work in agriculture, traditional building, and livestock and bee husbandry, and few of them
Fatima's hope
The parents of the 11-year-old girl, Fatima, tried to enroll her in school. However, Fatima suffers from severe hearing impairment. For one and a half years, Fatima kept going to school and returning home without having any improvement
The Governorate of Al-Baidha is the poorest governorate in terms of water due to its non-porous rocks that prevent water from penetrating into underground. But this property has made the area suitable for the establishment of water barriers
With assistance and guidance from the SFD Training Unit, an initiative was ignited by some active members of (RAWFD) who established the first association of its kind nationwide.
In the sub-district of Al-Ramiyah Al-Oulia (Al-Sukhnah district, Al-Hudaidah governorate), the co-ed Al-Thawrah School was overcrowded with male and female students, which caused the dropout of large numbers of girls, especially after grade
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