Yemen Projects

Thuraya’s Story: From Internally Displaced to an Insider Mediator Yemen’s humanitarian crisis has contributed to the internal displacement of an estimated 4 million people, making it the fourth-largest population of internally displaced persons (IDPs), in the world. The ongoing war has notably created a gap in the social structure between IDPs and their host communities. Internally displaced […] This entry was posted in MENA, Projects and tagged Yemen, Yemen Projects on October 21, 2021.

Community Mediation in Action: Improving Access for Humanitarian Aid How a local conflict in Lahj, Yemen, which threatened to block access for aid actors was resolved through inclusive and participatory mediation. This entry was posted in MENA and tagged Latest News, Yemen, Yemen Projects on August 29, 2021.

How Insider Mediators are Building Resilient Communities in “the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis” In Yemen, nearly 24 million people are in need of humanitarian support or urgent protection. Years of violent conflict have taken a dire toll, with thousands of civilian casualties, acute food shortages, destroyed infrastructure, and disrupted trade. The war has forced over a million people to flee their […] This entry was posted in MENA and tagged Latest News, Yemen, Yemen Projects on May 11, 2021.

10 Years of Peacebuilding in Yemen For 10 years, Search for Common Ground has been working in Yemen to transform conflict. Our global mission is to change the way the world deals with conflict, away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions—a goal that drives us now more than ever. This entry was posted in MENA, Projects and tagged Latest News, Yemen, Yemen Projects on December 10, 2020.

Peace Education in Yemeni High Schools For over three years, violent conflict has devastated Yemen, leading to many lives being lost and causing massive amounts of destruction. But through all of this, there are still sparks of hope. In November 2017, we launched Peace Education in Yemeni High Schools. Partnering with the Ministry of […] This entry was posted in MENA, Projects and tagged Yemen, Yemen Projects on August 9, 2018.

The Yemen Peacebuilding Project With support from the United Kingdom’s Conflict Stability and Security Fund, we are working with local partners to reduce the risk of intercommunal violence in three governorates. This project adopts the community dialogue approach, a multistep plan to build community capacity of trusted local actors called “Insider Mediators.” […] This entry was posted in MENA, Projects and tagged Yemen, Yemen Projects on March 10, 2018.

A Future Called Peace Resuming a USAID-funded project suspended in 2015 due to the outbreak of conflict, A Future Called Peace is now reengaging Yemeni youth leaders in four governorates. This project aims to enhance the leadership role of Yemeni youth to transform local conflicts into opportunities for peaceful resolution. Currently, youth […] This entry was posted in MENA, Projects and tagged Yemen, Yemen Projects on March 10, 2018.