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Yemen

The reputed home of the Queen of Sheba, Yemen sits at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Operation Mercy began working in Yemen under the name MERCYemen in 2004, focusing on poverty reduction and health education. We have successfully implemented various community development projects gaining the trust of local people and government officials.

New need assessments are currently in action. We will release news of the outcome and subsequent projects shortly. Read more about Yemen.

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Water For All

Water For All

Water for All is a multi-faceted project in the area of water supply and sanitation. Rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation, water filtration and the safe disposal of waste water are all key aspects of this project to use the limited available water in the most efficient way possible.

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Poverty Reduction Pilot Project

Poverty Reduction Pilot Project

Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab world with unemployment hovering at 35 percent. The Poverty Reduction Pilot Project aims to address the economic crisis in a village community outside Taiz, Yemen by focusing on income generation through two avenues; revolving goat loans and small business loans, both complimented with financial training and follow up visitations.

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Small business loans give a way forward for entrepreneurs

Small business loans helping promising entrepreneurs reach their goals
The Poverty Reduction Pilot Project in Yemen aims to address the economic crisis and high unemployment rates by income-generation whereby small-business loans are provided in partnership with a local NGO. Promising individual entrepreneurs will be assisted in improving or starting up such businesses by matching their own dollar-for-dollar investment in…
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Revolving Goat Loans

Five female goats on loan
Imagine 35 of the poorest families in a rural community on the edge of Taiz, Yemen being given the opportunity to loan 5 female goats. The reason the goats are called loans is because the recipient family must give back to the organization exactly what it received. The loan price…
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