Disasters emergency committee Yemen crisis appeal: Independent phase one review

This report is based on a rapid, light touch review in which we – an Agulhas team – conducted two brief field visits in the south of Yemen, had conversations with staff in Yemen and the UK, and reviewed programme documentation. We interpreted our findings with reference to the Core Humanitarian Standard and focused on themes that are relevant to the wider portfolio only (as such, the report does not cover issues that are specific to individual programmes or organisations).

We found areas that could be strengthened in the next phase of the DEC response, and made six recommendations that apply to at least some of the organisations involved. The most important recommendations relate to:

-The quality of the needs assessments and programme monitoring, the options for which are severely constrained in the current security context but which could nonetheless be strengthened.
-Blind spots in the response.