Program Data Sheet
279-004

USAID PROGRAM: Yemen
PROGRAM TITLE: Community-Based Health and Education (Pillar: Global Health)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE NAME AND NUMBER: Broad-Based Economic Growth, 279-004
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $5,000,000 ESF
UNOBLIGATED PRIOR YEAR FUNDS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $3, 991,000 ESF
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $10,000,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2001      ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2004

Summary: USAID recently completed the preliminary design of a new Yemen program that will fund health and education activities to support integrated community development at the district level. The program includes-

• training of community midwives to increase access to women's health services;
• training and technical assistance to promote health outreach and awareness activities;
• mobilization and training of community organizations addressing women's health issues;
• technical assistance and training of teachers and education officers; and
• community mobilization to support basic education for girls

Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002: USAID does not have a field mission in Yemen; programs in Yemen will be managed by USAID's Asia and Near East Bureau.

USAID's new health initiative will work with local communities to recruit and train community midwives in order to increase access to trained health providers, thereby reducing maternal mortality. Training midwives will also open a communication channel to deliver health messages and empower women. USAID will complement this training and professional development component with activities that strengthen the delivery of community health services though the promotion of more effective outreach services, mobilizing and training community women's organizations addressing women's health issues, and promoting increased community and national awareness and acceptance of family planning and other reproductive health services.

This new program will also promote increased enrollment of girls in primary schools by improving educational quality and relevance, and increasing local support for schools and female education. The first component of the education program will provide support for teacher training, especially in strengthening teacher understanding of methodologies and ideas in new curriculum texts and workbooks. The focus of this component will be at the district administration and school levels, but the program may also work with education officials at other levels. The second component of the program will focus on mobilizing and strengthening community participation and parental involvement in basic education.

Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources to continue and expand these health and education activities to a greater number of communities in Yemen.

Performance and Results: To be determined. Funds appropriated in FY 2001 were only made available to USAID in December 2001.

Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: To be determined. USAID is requesting proposals from international nongovernmental organizations.

US Financing in Thousands of Dollars