Provision of Lifesaving Multi-Sectoral Food, Shelter, and Protection Assistance to Vulnerable IDPs, Host Communities, and Marginalized Groups in Abs District, Hajjah Governorate

About this project

ltpgtAbs District in Hajjah Governorate is one of Yemen’s most critically affected areas, hosting over 40,000 IDPs and vulnerable host families living in extreme deprivation. Classified as IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and a Level 5 Nutrition Severity hotspot, the district faces severe food insecurity, unsafe shelter, and high protection risks. Years of conflict, economic collapse, and recurrent floods have destroyed homes and livelihoods, forcing families into overcrowded makeshift shelters and pushing many to adopt harmful coping mechanisms such as child labor, early marriage, and asset sales.lt/pgtltpgtltbrgtLocated in central Abs city, ADO has observed many people without shelter, sleeping in collapsed or abandoned houses and old deserted shops in the old market, traffic area, and Al-Majd camp, often without even one meal per day. With rising homelessness and begging, and a poor host community, the situation is catastrophic. The district suffers widespread hunger and deprivation, and several deaths have occurred due to starvation and preventable illness.lt/pgtltpgtltbrgtIn response, ADO proposes the project “Provision of Lifesaving Multi-Sectoral Food, Shelter, and Protection Assistance to Vulnerable IDPs and Host Communities”. The project aims to save lives and alleviate suffering among 1,400 vulnerable individuals (308 women, 378 girls, 322 men, and 392 boys) through an integrated, cash-based humanitarian response targeting Al Bataryah, Qa’tabah, and Bani Thawab sub-district…

Published by

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs · National NGO

Countries

Yemen

Sectors

Multisector aid

Funded by

Yemen Humanitarian Fund

Implemented by

Abs Development Organization for Woman Child

Accountable

Abs Development Organization for Woman Child

Published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 11 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-OCHA-CBPF-CBPF-YEM-25-S-NGO-37879.

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