Project profile — Yemen - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Appeal 2011

• Yemen (100.00%)

• Emergency Response: Material relief assistance and services (72010) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

23 March, 2011 - Yemen has been affected by conflict in the north, disturbances in the south, the fight against terrorism and growing socio-economic difficulties. About 350,000 people have been displaced by the conflict. In addition, there are more than 200,000 refugees, mostly from Somalia, in the country. CIDA supports the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s programme in Yemen which is to provide protection and assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons by helping to ensure that their basic humanitarian needs are met in the areas of water and sanitation, shelter, primary health care, education and community services.

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