
Discussing Child Care International's projects & activities in Yemen
Sana'a - Saba:
The Assistant Undersecretary for Services and Welfare Sector at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor - Executive Director of the National Program to Address the Phenomenon of Begging, Yasser Sharafuddin, discussed the organization's projects for the year 2025 in Yemen during his meeting today with Child Welfare International Country Director Mohammed Manna.
The meeting discussed protection activities for street children at risk, children in contact with the law, and juveniles in social guidance houses in the provinces.
Sharafuddin pointed out the importance of the partnership with the organization to protect children and support the sustainable living projects implemented by the national program to address the phenomenon of begging, through economic empowerment, education, training and rehabilitation
For his part, the Country Director of the Child Welfare Organization stressed the importance of the partnership with the National Program to Address the Phenomenon of Begging, and the interventions it carries out regarding child begging, pointing out the projects implemented by the organization to protect children who are in contact with the law.
The meeting concluded with a review of the experience of working in the program and benefiting from it in building similar activities.
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