HUMAN ACCESS, Shabwa branch, organized a ceremony to honor local authority leaders, humanitarian partners, the project team, community members, peer protection network, community actors, and literacy teachers and learners. Those all were honored due to their contribution to the success of its projects and humanitarian activities implemented through the protection project and livelihood support of women and girls in Ataq district, funded by UNFPA during the current year.

In the honoring ceremony, which was attended by a number of representatives of the local authority and general directors of the executive offices in Shabwa, Dr. Abdulqawi Lamrouq, the Undersecretary of Shabwa Governorate, praised the tangible humanitarian efforts presented by the Protection and Livelihoods Project team in implementing the project activities in many areas. These efforts contributed to the rehabilitation and training of women and girls and empowering them economically and enhancing their capabilities to carry out various life and economic activities.

For his part, Abdulaziz Al-Qadi, the protection project coordinator of HUMAN ACCESS, explained that the project has provided many services to women and girls in various fields during the year 2020, the most important of which are cash assistance, psychological support, legal and counseling support, and various qualification courses for the labor market. In addition, vocational and professional training programs were implemented in specialized fields such as sewing and tailoring, cosmetics, perfumery, as well as educational courses in the field of literacy.