Yemen · Multi-sector

Building Foundation for Development

National non-governmental organisation. Based in: Yemen. Active at least since 2025. Main sector: multi-sector.

Building Foundation for Development (BFD) is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organization established in Yemen at the end of 2014 by a group of experienced professionals and experts in the humanitarian field. BFD's mission is to alleviate the suffering of communities affected by wars and disasters. Operating nationwide, it strives to promote equitable and sustainable development, humanitarian response, and other relevant interventions aimed at improving the quality of life and wellbeing of communities and individuals. The organization's approach is two-pronged and innovative. On one hand, BFD carries out multi-sectoral emergency response projects to address immediate humanitarian needs in nutrition, health, WASH, education, shelter, CCCM, protection, food security & livelihoods, and EECR sectors. On the other hand, it focuses on developmental empowerment and capacity building of local actors, underscoring the importance of transitioning swiftly from rapid response to resilience-building methods. This approach is crucial for communities to recover, rise again, and harness their capacities, starting with fostering peace through innovative measures. BFD's programs, spanning various sectors like food security and livelihoods, nutrition and health, WASH, clean energy and environment, protection, education and child rights, shelter/NFI and camp management, economic empowerment, governance, and peace-building, operate in different geographies based on strategic and donor humanitarian response plans. The organization is a trusted partner of a wide array of UN agencies and donors, participating actively in national sectoral groups and international forums like Sphere, ICVA, CHS Alliance, and more. Certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) since 2023, BFD's alignment with the 2030 SDGs and Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2021 underlines its commitment to poverty alleviation and sustainable development in Yemeni society.

Registers: IATI (d-portal)

Active at least since

2025

Accounts

No accounts available from the sources we use.

Humanitarian funding received

Humanitarian funds (paid or committed) recorded by OCHA in the Financial Tracking Service, by year, with the donor that provided them: governments, UN agencies, pooled funds, foundations and other NGOs. They cover humanitarian aid only, not all of the organisation's work, and depend on what donors and organisations report to OCHA.

Official checks

Public register

MSAL (Yemen) 220 — number declared on IATI; that register is not one of our sources of accounts

Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology

Timeline

1. 2025-08-17 First publication on IATI

Identifiers

IATI (d-portal) · YE-MSAL 220