As part of its aid efforts and relief programme in war and conflict zones, Tawakkol Karman Foundation (TKF) launched a relief campaign targeting over 1,000 displaced families in Al Haqeb Directorate of Yemeni Dhale Governorate on March 17, 2019. The TKF relief programme has targeted more than 10 areas within Yemen since mid-2018. It is also planning to reach hotspots and areas most in need over the next several months.
Based on Cooperation Agreement between Tawakkol Karman Foundation (TKF) and Food Agricultural Organization (FAO). Over implementation project of the Corporation on Social Cohesion Project in the Central Republic of Africa. Since this non-coastal poor country is encountering a civil war which broke out in the year 2014 and further renewed in 2016.
March 9, 2019
“We are now on the eve of the fifth year of the war that is tearing our country apart and destroying its people,” said Yemeni Nobel Peace Laureate Tawakkol Karam. “Yemen needs a firm decision by the international community to end this war, which also poses a serious threat to the livelihoods of the Yemeni people in addition to the regional and global security and peace.” Karman called on the international community, governments, civil society, youth, and the private sector to take immediate action.
Civilians in Yemen are still dying. The war must end. Interference from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Iran should stop, the Stockholm Agreement must be implemented, and humanitarian aid to Yemen must urgently be increased, four Women Noble Peace laureates, Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi, Leymah Gbowee and Jody Williams said in advance of an international conference in New York that will address the crisis in Yemen.
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Laureate
Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Laureate
