Elis Tarelli

Living with dignity despite personal limitations

Emmendingen, 30 March 2021

“An optimistic war victim,” that is what 30-year-old Ameen Alsalmi called himself after his painful experience with the Yemeni civil war. Ameen has a family of nine members; his mother and sister, wife, and 6 children. In the beginning of 2015, he was injured by a missile fragment on his way back from his work in Haradh district, 422 Kilometers away from Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, where he worked in car maintenance. This injury has caused him a long-term physical disability, preventing him from ever walking again. He could no longer support his family of 9, who are fully dependent on him.

From the attack, he also lost his house, and his village was destroyed. Now handicapped and homeless, no one offered to help or support him and his family. He fled to several areas in search of stability, finally settling in the governorate centre of Hajjah. “I lost every beautiful thing in my life and became helpless” says Ameen, “but I did not lose hope, and determination. I persisted, to be able to secure the future of my six children.”

He found what he was looking for in Hajjah when he registered with Al-Amel Channels Association. In early 2020, he joined a sewing course organised by the Association, which aims to teach the profession and provide handicraft skills. The course was implemented thanks to the support of Vision Hope. Through it, Ameen and other participants have made a great professional experience, learning skills such as sewing, incense and perfume making, and housekeeping, to enable them to find jobs or start their own projects and thus generate incomes for their families.

Ameen dreams to open his own sewing shop to be able to feed and take care of his family, as a son, brother, husband, and father.

Vision Hope, and our local partners, are committed to supporting individuals like Ameen to overcome the barriers in their lives, to not only meet their basic needs, but to do so with dignity.

 

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Give a future in Yemen: Learning and living in an orphanage

Emmendingen, 10 March 2021

War has now been raging in Yemen for 6 years. A whole generation of children has known nothing but hunger, destruction and misery. They lack everything, but especially hope for a better future and a peaceful childhood.

With our orphanages in Hajjah and al-Mahwit, we aim to do some good to counter the catastrophe: About 130 school-age boys have found a new home in this safe environment. They are children who otherwise have no perspective because they have lost their parents or their families cannot provide for them. Many of them are traumatized by the war experiences. Living in one of the orphanages, they are provided with the basic necessities of life such as food and clothing. They are simply given the chance to be kids, attend school and spend their free time together playing sports and games. In addition, the children can receive medical care and psychological support.

The project is by now financed exclusively by donations! Every year, about 1,200 euros are needed for one child. This includes, for example, the cost of meals, clothing, personal hygiene items, costs for school attendance and also local staff.

You too can help children in Yemen with your donation!

Are you considering a sponsorship? It is most helpful if you decide to support us on a regular basis. You are welcome to donate a monthly amount to support one or more children permanently. With 1,200 Euro a year you take over the full sponsorship for one child. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested.

Even small amounts help to support the children. For example for as little as 15 Euros you can provide a child access to school for a whole month; with 45 Euros you can provide a child with food for a whole month; 100 Euros will cover all the monthly costs for a child (including food, clothing, personal hygiene items, medical check ups and costs for school attendance). Click here for more information on the needs in our orphanages.

Every donation makes a change! Make yours today!

Where indifference ends, life begins!

Emmendingen, 2 December 2020


In the past months we have reported continuously through various channels about the situation with COVID 19 in Yemen. This is not just a pandemic that we all have to deal and come along with. In a country devastated and weakened by so many other crises adds to the hopeless and aggravated situation of millions of people in Yemen. A recent interview of a German pediatrician, who worked several months in Yemen, given to a German media shows the shocking extent of the suffering that yemeni people have to go through.

As Vision Hope we cannot stand indiferent in such situation. Our various projects in Yemen bring essential help to thousands of people every day. Without such help, the lives of many would be severely endangered.

One of our smaller projects provides Corona emergency help to disabled persons and their families. Such people are particularly at risk. Due to their physical disability or weakness and lack of transportation means they cannot just travel to the next health facility to receive help. That is why we are bringing help to these people. Our project provides hygiene sets and water filters currently to 80 families as a means of reducing the risk of infection with the COVID 19 virus.

We are thankful for the donations we have received so far that have made the help for 80 families possible. However, we would like to expand this help to more families. Therefore we need your financial support! You can read here more information about this project or donate directly through our website.

Where indiference ends, life begins!

Letter from a donor

Emmendingen, 26 November 2020

A few weeks ago we received this letter from an anonymous donor of ours. We found it so nice that we decided to share it with you.

It is so touching to experience the love and care shown by this donor, who anonymously but very faithfully supports every month the work of our organization. He or she is especially concerned for Syrian refugee children living in Germany and suffering people in Yemen and wants to share his or her donation fairly to meet the needs of these groups of people.

It is through the wonderful support of our donors, whether anonymous or known personally by us, that we can continue to provide essential assistance to thousands of people, especially to families with children, every day.

A big thank you from the heart for your generous support in these challenging times!

Our Annual Report 2019 is online


Emmendingen, 17 November 2020

We are glad to finally be able to publish the Annual Report and Financial Accounts for 2019. It has been a great effort but also a challenge to put together, prepare and summarize so much information about our projects, beneficiaries, success stories, donors, supporters, project partners, co-workers in Yemen, Jordan and Germany, and volunteers, including those who helped with translating the report in English, Arabic or German language. The amount of work and engagement that our stakeholders have invested in 2019 in our activities and projects is too large to summarize only in one annual report.

Therefore, we would like to thank everyone of them for the great contribution to bring hope through their engagement to thousands of people on a daily basis. The annual report is but a small reflection of this great engagement.

You can read or download the report here. Please don’t hesitate to contact us per email or telephone if you have any question about the report or our projects. We will be happy to answer them!

Vision Hope International joins the Transparent Civil Society Initiative

 

Emmendingen, 6th October 2020

Did you know that Vision Hope International has joined the “Initiative Transparente Zivilgesellschaft” (Transparent Civil Society Initiative) of Transparency International?  Transparency has always been a high priority for us. As a non-profit organization, the responsible use of the funds we receive is very important to us.

The “Initiative Transparente Zivilgesellschaft” was launched in 2010 by Transparency International Germany e.V. Numerous actors from civil society and academia have defined ten basic points that every civil society organization should make publicly available.

Vision Hope International has joined this initiative by signing the declaration of adherence. The published details can be found here. The information can also be sent by email on request.