 Remote mountain villages in Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, often lack the most basic services such as schools and clean water. The Social Fund for Development (SFD) was established in 1997, with support from the World Bank, to help reduce poverty, provide basic health and social services to remote and poor communities, and provide economic opportunities.
In remote mountaintop villages, the SFD has worked with communities to restore traditional water-harvesting systems and also increased girls' school enrollment by constructing new classrooms. In some communities, the SFD has supported new health centers and connected remote villages with marketplaces by building new roads.
Education projects amount to more than 50 percent of the SFD's activities, followed by water and healthcare projects. Since its establishment, the Fund has signed contracts for over 2,420 projects, of which some 1,115 have been completed, benefiting more than five million people across Yemen.
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Updated: July 2002
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