Yemeni Development Network for NGOs

Yemeni Development Network for NGOs is a leading non-profit and non-governmental organization operating in Yemen. YDN was mainly established to respond to the urgent need for a specialized entity for building the capacity of the community social organizations and to ensure their active participation and proper fulfillment of their responsibilities. Currently, YDN has 10 active offices with operation staff in 9 governorates and coordination offices in the rest of the governorates. YDN excelled in maintaining smooth cooperation and coordination with all the actors, be it government bodies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or local communities. Such country-wide existence of YDN catalyzes prompt responses and easy access to any area across Yemen under any circumstances.

For more than 17 years, YDN has been successfully accomplishing its goals of improving Yemeni community social organizations. YDN has been actively involved in several interventions through which it gained a deeper understanding of the humanitarian and development context in Yemen.