Food insecurity in Yemen is driven by constrained food production, supply and distribution, households’ diminishing purchasing power, high food prices and significantly reduced household income. All this evidences had caused low food access to vulnerable people.

Therefore, Yemen Family Care Association (YFCA) provided the first round of cash assistance to 285 targeted households, that meet the targeting criteria of the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) activity, through a Focal Service Provider (FSP) and distribution points in coordination with local authorities and Community Committees (CCs). this intervention took place in two targeted districts (Jardan and Ursaylan districts) of Shabwah Gov. 

UCT activity is considered one of the activities in the framework of the ongoing project of WASH and humanitarian food assistance for IDPs, host communities, returnees and marginalized groups in six districts of Shabwah Governorate-Yemen, which is funded by the German Humanitarian Assistance (AA) in partnership with Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH).

This activity aimed to:
• Ensure households in targeted communities are able to meet their basic food needs better  through cash assistance.
• Ensure food assistance to the most vulnerable is leveraged to promote early action and response and resilience; therefore, properly integrated with livelihood activities.
• Help the most vulnerable groups in bridging the gap in their food security situation and increase their access to essential food and improve the food consumption scores of the targeted HH members.
• Guarantee that coherent, timely safe, and dignifying food assistance is delivered.