UNESCO and the European Union held Restoring Livelihoods Through Culture in Yemen, an awareness virtual event organized within the framework of the project Cash for Work: Promoting Livelihood Opportunities for Urban Youth in Yemen.

In September 2018, UNESCO and the European Union launched the project entitled “Cash for Work: Promoting Livelihood Opportunities for Urban Youth in Yemen”, aimed at creating jobs in heritage restoration and preservation for young Yemenis, while promoting social cohesion and resilience through cultural programming.

The initiative comes as a response to the economic hardship, extensive population displacement, and heavy damages to infrastructure and heritage due to the ongoing conflict in the country and recently the covid-19 pandemic.

Despite setbacks, UNESCO and the Social Fund for Development (SFD) were able to launch emergency rehabilitation works in Sana’a, Shibam, Zabid and Aden that are enhancing livelihoods of young male and female beneficiaries and are informed by evidence-based damage assessments and newly produced technical urban rehabilitation guidelines.

In this context, the international event aims at informing you, partners and relevant stakeholders about concrete progress made, pending challenges, adjust work streams building on resources, knowledge and tools available. It contibuted to valorize the achievements of the project so far and identify opportunities of additional synergies.