Abs Development Organization for Woman and Child

Abs Development Organization for woman and child (ADO) is a well-established national humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit Organization. It is one of the premier organizations that has been operating in Yemen Since1996 adopting a strong needs-based approach in its work to reach the most vulnerable women, children, displaced, and host communities in deprived rural areas located on the coast of Tihama. Since it was established, ADO has always stood for multi-sectoral integrated response so strongly that it has won the confidence of most UN agencies and obtained several funds for its projects. ADO is distinguished for focusing on Women who represent the cornerstone of its interventions. ADO is also admired for it has a well-defined methodological approach that includes community participation attributed to its belief that is, change starts from the community itself.

Over 27 years, ADO has implemented more than 213 Development and Humanitarian programmes. They can be divided as follows: Women Empowerment & Promoting Gender: 55, Education & Women Literacy Eradication: 35, Food Security & Livelihood: 33, Protection: 30, WASH: 23, Health & Reproductive Health: 21, Nutrition: 9, and finally Shelter and CCCM: 7. All in all, ADO reached 6,695,412 beneficiaries towards the end of 2021.