Zaid is a 35-year-old father of five. Zaid lives in Kua’aydnah district in Hajjah governorate in the north of Yemen in the small village of Alhadba/Bani Wahan. Previously, Zaid worked as a daily labourer, which he says “was my only source of income allowing me to purchase basic foods for my family, but after the war started in Yemen it became extremely difficult to find work.”
Escalating conflict and ongoing war since March 2015 has created a vast protracted crisis in Yemen which has led to a collapse in the country’s infrastructure and economy, leaving 24 million people in need of assistance and protection. Parents cannot afford basic things for their children and find themselves trapped in unemployment with a lack of food and clean water.
Responding to the dire humanitarian situation, with generous funding from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs CARE helps household like Zaid’s to survive and to improve access to essential goods through cash transfers and the provision of female goats.
“When CARE came to my area, I was one of the households who was registered in the project to receive three female goats and an unconditional cash transfer,” says Zaid. “I also received animal husbandry support during and after the livestock distribution,” says Zaid. “Today I have 6 goats because each female goat has given birth.”
