Our Organizations

The Yemen Family Care Association (YFCA)

The YFCA was founded in 1976, and is currently the largest reproductive health NGO in Yemen. YFCA works to provide information, education, and a range of services related to maternal and reproductive health in all regions of the country, including under-served rural areas. The Association has seven fixed reproductive health centers (Sana’a, Aden, Taiz, Hodeidah, Hadramout, Ibb, Hajjah), a number of mobile reproductive health clinics, and the Specialized Safe Motherhood Hospital and Youth Development Centre in Sana’a. Services offered at YFCA clinics include pre- and post-natal care, immunizations, family planning information/services, and Safe Motherhood services. In addition to providing health services, the YFCA seeks to enhance the recognition of the health rights of women and children in Yemen by promoting policies and legislation which protect and support these rights. In Yemen, many women face social, economic, and cultural obstacles which prevent them from gaining access to reproductive health-related information and services. (NYTimes article child marriage) A major goal of YFCA policy is to combat such obstacles, to promote gender equality, and to work with local communities to support the reproductive needs and rights of women while respecting local customs and beliefs.

The Deaf Association

The Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of the Deaf and Mute in Aden was established with the help of an Australian woman in 1975. The Association is nominally government supported, though in reality little money is received by The Deaf Association and the affiliation serves to deter international organizations from donating to the group. Even with a persistent lack of funds, The Deaf Association has established classrooms for Deaf children in every neighborhood in Aden, as well as a preschool in Monsoorah. These classrooms provide Deaf children a unique opportunity to gain an education and to socialize with their Deaf peers in a friendly environment. In addition to its schools, The Deaf Association runs technical training centers which teach members of the Deaf Community skills such as carpentry or sewing, to enable members to become financially independent.

While The Deaf Association has managed to establish a number of schools in Aden, many of these facilities lack basic classroom necessities. Visual aids, which are essential for Deaf Education, are absent in most of the classrooms. MOT hopes to raise enough money to help the Deaf Association purchase visual aids and other educational equipment for their Aden schools.