July 1, ,2021- Sana’a, Yemen: A productive meeting was convened between Yemen Family Care Association (YFCA) and the UNDP’s Strengthening Institutional and Economic Resilience in Yemen (SIERY) project to probe the role of YFCA in such flagship development project and deliberate about the ongoing collective efforts of the donor and aid community to advocate for the Humanitarian-Development Nexus (HDN) in Yemen which YFCA has been a front runner.

SIERY project has been designed to buttress the resilience of local governance systems in Yemen to reinforce the resilience and recovery of conflict-affected communities. The project is based on the assessment that in a context of protracted conflict and massive population movements across the country - which disproportionately affect women, children and youth - the resilience of local populations cannot depend solely on self-help or on foreign aid. It is also necessary that local authorities are able to more effectively fulfil their mission in terms of: (a) core functions; (b) basic service delivery, (c) emerging needs such as conflict resolution, humanitarian aid, disaster management, internally displaced people; and, (d) economic recovery.