During the months of October and November of 2022, the Orphan Sponsorship and Care Sector of HUMAN ACCESS carried out a number of social, educational and developmental welfare projects that targeted orphans and their families.
These projects included food, education, livelihood improvement, training and rehabilitation, and economic empowerment, benefiting nearly 4,000 sponsored orphans and their family members in a number of governorates.
The following report contains a summary of the implemented projects and services:
Cash aid
In light of the economic conditions the country is experiencing, cash aid was disbursed to sponsored orphans in various governorates, as it played a key role in supplying the necessary and living requirements to sponsored orphans and alleviating their suffering.
According to the head of the orphan sector, 6,342 male and female orphans benefited from the disbursement of cash aid, which significantly improved their economic situation and helped improve the lives of their families.
Comprehensive sponsorship
This included the disbursement of sponsorship funds, supply of school bags and school uniforms, tuition fees, delivery of food baskets, and the implementation of a program of various activities for sponsored orphans.
More than 200 male and female orphans in a number of governorates received educational and psychological support as a result of these services and activities.
Educational and recreational activities
As a means of promoting religious values and teachings among sponsored orphans, refreshing their daily lifestyles, and providing them with psychological support, the sector implemented a program of educational and recreational activities for 310 sponsored orphans in the governorates of Taiz, Marib, and Hadhramaut during October and November 2022.
The project's activities involved educational courses, promoting cultural and value identity and forming a good citizen, in addition to discovering and enhancing the talents of orphans in the field of drawing and singing, and organizing recreational trips and sports competitions.
Food baskets
In the presence of representatives of the local authority, the sector implemented during the months of October and November a project to distribute food baskets for sponsored orphans in the governorates of Taiz, Marib and Hadhramaut. This project had a role in supporting and assisting the poorest and most needy families of orphans in light of the deteriorating economic and living conditions in the country. A total of 500 orphans and their families benefited from the delivery of food baskets.
Economic empowerment
Funded by the Turkish Relief organization (IHH), the orphan sector organized a number of economic empowerment projects for orphan families in the governorates of Taiz and Marib.
As a result, the sector's head stressed that economic empowerment projects are essential for developing and strengthening the economic resources of the neediest orphan families, thereby transforming them from destitution to economic sufficiency and production.
The months of October and November saw 14 dairy cow projects and 9 projects for the raising of sheep and goats owned by orphaned families, benefiting 23 families from the most vulnerable and poorest groups.
Marriage of orphans
The orphan sector in Taiz governorate organized the orphan marriage project, whereby the sector, through the project, offered the marriage costs and expenses, which included fully furnishing the house of the orphan groom and paying expenses for the wedding day.
The beneficiary orphans and their wives expressed their gratitude for HUMAN ACCESS, represented by the orphan care and sponsorship sector, for this generous initiative, which helped reunite them and transform them from a single to a married life.
In turn, HUMAN ACCESS wished the newlyweds a marital life filled with overwhelming happiness and lasting and renewed joy.
