Who we are
We, Rifa’ (literally means “rise”) are a non-
‫مؤسسة رفعة للتطوير‬
‫المجتمعي والبشري‬
‫ الجمهورية اليمنية‬/ ‫– ذمار‬
Rifa’ Organization for
Community and Human
Development
[R O C H D]
Dhamar , R.o. Yemen
Authorized by License No. 327 issued
by the Ministry of Social Affairs and
Labor on February 18, 2018
Address: Ground floor , Deair Building,
Rada’ Street, west of Al-Muhafaza
Circle, Dhamar City
Telephones / >;<+ <<8919==1 / 5; :55>>5
<<8=5==:5 / >;<+ <<<987>87
EMAIL> rifaorg99@gmail.com
WEBSITE> rifaorg.jimdo.com
Our Mission
To contribute efficiently and effectively in
governmental organization recently
established in Thamar City, the capital of
Thamar Governorate of Yemen falls in the
middle highlands, 100 kilometers, southwards
to Sana’a, the capital. The organization
emerged in critical and unstable conditions
that necessitate playing of greater roles by
NGOs as partakers in national endeavors
targeting both local and nationwide scopes.
This perspective needs creation of diverse
programs and actions oriented towards
sustainable and comprehensive development
in its social, economic, cultural, hygienic,
educational, righteous, and humanitarian
directions. The organization has been initiated
by a group of academicians and connoisseurs
having had experiences in NGOs’ activities
and responsibilities as consultants, leaders,
and members.
The organization is fully authorized by license
issued by the Ministry of Social Affairs and
Labor, Number (327) on February 18, 2018.
Accordingly, it maintains a constitution,
council of trustees, and executive committee.
The coverage of this leaflet shows its emblem,
address, and image of its building.
Our Vision
To act towards comprehensive and
sustainable development in community
and human fields.
Our Motto :
Your Rise is our Dearest Goal
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development of community and individuals
and provide them with diverse means to
upgrade their skills and to fulfill their needs
through planned programs and activities.
Our Values:
Our activities are governed by these ethics
and values:
Authenticity, sincerity, honesty, and
transparency.
Instantaneous response and performing.
Equity of citizens without biases in terms
of their social strata, regions, political
attitudes, gender, believes, or age.
The most vulnerable must have priority
of intervention.
A fair organization is autonomous, and its
membership can accept members with no
regard to any kind of attitudes, nor it
works for any political factions.
Successful work is cooperative and can be
better and easily done through shared
roles.
Working with regional and international
associates must be legitimate without
violation of any national laws.
Adherence to the organization’s internal
regulations and system is inevitable.
We accept positive criticism
 Our Objectives
According to the constitution,
Articles, the organization aims are
as follows:
Developmentally: sharing in
comprehensive development of education,
social affairs, culture, health, housing,
work, environment, and other fields of
services.
Economically: participating in
growth of the national economy by
utilization of resources particularly for
combating poverty.
Culturally: caring and developing
creative qualities in the fields of literature,
drama, music, painting, information
technology, research, and acculturalization.
Politically: defending human rights,
political sharing, good governance,
freedoms and democracy, social peace, and
consolidation of national dialogue.
In terms of humanitarian
Aid: helping in distribution of relief,
including water, food, marquees, and else
in sites allocated for displaced families and
refugees
In terms of association and
partnership: making good ties with
diverse organization at national and
international levels to implement joint
programs.
In terms of human
development: organization of
diverse training sessions leading to human
development among youth
In terms of rights: defending
human rights and freedoms, with special
focus on rights for women, children, the
handicapped and vulnerable.
In terms of women health, and social care (Rifa’ org. is
empowerment: organizing special still an applicant)
actions expected to contribute in women’s 3. Rifa’s project for publishing scientific
empowerment, family and maternal-child research in collaboration with national
health, and gender equity . universities.
4. The qualifying program of students
Our Means to Carry out (candidates) to universities.
5. The directory program for students
Objectives seeking scholarships.
6. Program on field survey of vulnerable
These include diverse and displaced families.
implements such as these:
7. Rifa’s Project for Yemen’s Database.
(Collection of ten thousands electronic
1. Fieldwork with beneficiaries. (2) files).
Research, studies, and surveys. (3) 8. Rifa’s Project on Social Peace and
Conferences, seminars, forums, and Reconciliation of Disputes.
workshops.(4)Diverse training 9. Rifa’s Project on Good Governance.
sittings in terms of duration, 10. ---else under planning.
themes, and target groups. (5) Co-
work with other gov. and NGOs, Our Associates:
and international agencies. (6)
Social awareness campaigns (7) Rifa organization carries out activities in
Contract with donors who allocate collaboration with these partakers:
grants for Yemen according to their A. Central and local authorities.
B. Educational institutions (All types and
criteria. (8) Daily discussion held in
levels)
the headquarters of the C. NGOs nationwide and abroad
organization D. National funds and programs
E. International and foreign donors.
Our Current Programs F. Social actors including academicians,
official leaders, social leaders, experts,
Currently, we are running, and/or and philanthropists.
G. Organized youth and women clusters.
have planned to run these
H. Vulnerable groups and the handicapped.
programs:
(Special need ones).
1. The joint program of developmental
I. Artists such as literary writers,
planning shared by NGOs and the musicians, painters, and information
Local Authority of Thamar.
technology programmers.
2. In contract programs financed by the
UN agencies and others for relief,
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