To help families across Yemen’s Al-Hudaydah and Dhamar regions address this need, IRUSA, through the support of humanitarians like you, is implementing a powerful program that will make access to clean water and sanitation easier for more than 48,000 people, and will, therefore, help prevent the spread of these dangerous diseases. 

The ultimate goal is to reduce the vulnerability rates, potential risk, and impact of water-related diseases and outbreaks for both host communities and displaced families taking refuge in the area, and making sure community members from both genders have their water and sanitation needs addressed.

Here are just some of the interventions we are working on:

• Conducting water quality and pumping tests for existing water systems

• Rehabilitating and upgrading existing water systems, including the installation of solar systems

• Construction of water tanks

• Distribution of water pipes

• Formation of management committees, for both males and females, that will be trained on the operation and maintenance of water systems

• Training for volunteers on culturally-appropriate hygiene practices so that they can ensure practices are maintained over the long term

• Distribution of gender sensitive and culturally appropriate hygiene kits