COVID-19 relief

Aug 23, 2020

Yemen’s COVID-19 outbreak has been catastrophic. The overall case fatality rate remains extremely high at 27%, which is nearly 4X higher than the global average. According to the United Nations, “all indications suggest that COVID-19 is spreading rapidly...

Medicine and medical supplies

Feb 20, 2020

Yemen has been experiencing a brutal war and a siege that has severely restricted the commercial import of food and medicine since 2015. In addition, in August 2016, the central bank moved from Sana’a to Aden — which resulted in many government employees not receiving...

Income generation

Feb 20, 2020

Yemen faces rising and fluctuating food prices — especially protein food sources — which heavily impact the poor and vulnerable. In fact, Yemen imports more than three-quarters of its food needs, and the war has further exacerbated food prices. The Yemen Relief and...

Winter Support

Feb 20, 2020

Winters in the highlands of Yemen are very cold — with temperatures dipping to below 0 °C (32.0 °F). In many areas, temperatures go to – 6 °C. Yemen has about 3.1M internally displaced people with no protection against severe temperatures, and most families in...

Orphan support (Zakat eligible)

Feb 20, 2020

It is estimated that over 230,000 people in Yemen have been killed in Yemen since the war started in March 2015. This left many children in Yemen without income or support. The Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation’s Orphans Project provides sustainable support...