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Supporting Cultural Institutions’ Readiness in Emergencies in Yemen

December 12, 2021

Women at the Forefront of Preserving Culture Heritage in Yemen

November 28, 2021

Enforcing Institutional Capacities of Yemeni Cultural Organizations

October 27, 2021

UNESCO Contributes to Peacebuilding in Yemen

September 21, 2021

Yemeni Youth Content Creators Advocating For Culture

August 29, 2021

Unemployed University Graduate Finds Hope in Cultural Heritage

Restoring Livelihoods Through Culture in Yemen

On May 26 and 27 around one thousand people and over 20 speakers attended the twoday virtual conference by UNESCO and the EU Restoring Livelihoods Through Culture in Yemen to celebrate Yemens cultural heritage and restoration efforts The international event is held within the framework of the EU funded UNESCO project Cash for Work Promoting Livelihood Opportunities for Urban Youth in Yemen Launched in 2018 the project employs young Yemenis in heritage restoration and preservation while promoting social cohesion and resilience through cultural programming In our line of work if we change the life of one person we have achieved something said Anna Paolini UNESCO Representative To GCC and Yemen during the event The UNESCOEU cashforwork contributes to changing the lives of many As of May 2021 the project surveyed over 8000 historical buildings repaired 151 buildings and enrolled over 2500 young workers in Sanaa Aden Shibam and Zabid Among the four cities three are listed as World Heritage in Danger UNESCO and the EU cashforwork project is actively contributing to get them removed from the list said May Shaer Chief of the Arab States Unit at UNESCO The project also engaged over 500 youth in cashbased cultural programming and services organized consultative workshops for 50 culture operators disbursed small grants to eight cultural CSOs and distributed awarenessraising materials to 7M Yemenis

Safeguarding Historic Houses and their Inhabitants in Shiabm

Restoring Livelihoods Through Culture in Yemen

Breaking Gender Barriers in Protecting Culture Heritage in Yemen

Yalla! Song Celebrating Yemen’s Cultural Diversity

Dont wait this day is our day We hope to live together in love two hearts as one Hoping we will never be at war

Promoting Culture and Creative Industries to 3 Millions in Yemen

Emergency Works Finalized in Sana'a to Mitigate Potential Floods

Technical support provided to Yemeni government agencies to mitigate and recover the loss of cultural heritage Implementation of urgent stabilization works in 18 historical houses Improvement of livelihoods of 87 workers and 161 household members Design of innovative physical preventive barriers to mitigate future floods

February 17, 2021