The Public Works Project (PWP) is continuing its active role in creating job opportunities, overcoming major difficulties and challenges in the way, especially important under the current conditions in the country.

All indicators and results from the field are confirming that the PWP is succeeding in achieving the main objectives of the YECRP – a program funded by the World Bank (WB) and administered by the UNDP, especially in the creation of short-term job creation and service provision to the most vulnerable, impoverished and most affected groups under the current circumstances.

Through the implementation of subprojects under the YECRP, the PWP is contributing to the support of current efforts by the international community to strengthen livelihoods and basic services for population suffering from current conditions caused by the crises. It's also contributing to the improvement of resilience of households and local communities to enable them to share decent livelihoods. At the same time, the PWP is helping local communities hosting IDPs to deal with the economic and social pressure on already scarce resources. In addition, the PWP is contributing to supporting the local economy through the development of local communities and supporting the local private sector.

Reviving Hopes

World Bank's intervention, under such conditions in Yemen, is reviving hopes of millions of Yemenis - especially women, children and the most affected groups. Subprojects implemented by the PWP, under the WB's funding, have created more than 900 thousand short-term work opportunity (Work/Days) benefitting more than 1,6 million people.

Decent Livelihoods

The PWP, through the WB's funded YECRP program, has been able to provided immediately needed social services to Yemenis: rehabilitation of schools to ensure regular classes are held helping students continue their education, provision of sustainable sources of clean water – reducing the burden and hardship on women and girls from fetching water – and the implementation of subprojects in sanitation aiming at creating a safe and healthy environment that prevents the spread of outbreaks such as cholera. In addition, the PWP implemented stone-paving subprojects of streets and neighborhoods. In all of these subprojects, the PWP has succeeded in the provision of decent livelihoods to target communities