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Donations

As Worldwide Services is a charity, we welcome donations for our medical work on Socotra.

Our Dutch bank account number is:

BIC:  INGBNL2A

IBAN:  NL14INGB0005489095


Because Worldwide Services is a foundation with ANBI-status, registered at the Chamber of Commerce (number 41246185), donations in the Netherlands are tax deductable.


Worldwide Services is registered as a charity in the Netherlands and is staffed by Christian volunteers of various nationalities.

 

News

A group of young new midwives, all from Socotra, have just finished their three years training in Mukalla. From the Director of Health of Socotra they all received a complete set of instruments for the purpose of home deliveries.

Contact

For additional information you may contact us at:


stichting.ws@gmail.com

 

  

  

Yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Its capital and largest city is Sana'a. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 354 km (220 mi) to the south of mainland Yemen. It is the only state in the Arabian Peninsula to have a purely republican form of government. Yemen was the first country in the Arabian peninsula to grant women the right to vote. Yemeni unification took place on 22 May 1990, when North Yemen was united with South Yemen, forming the Republic of Yemen.


The majority of Yemen's population is divided into tribal groups, especially in the northern areas of the country where 85% of local residents belong to various tribes. There are also small groups of peoples of Turkish/Ottoman origin in urban areas. Roughly 66% of the population are Sunni Muslims following the Shafi'i school while 34% adhere to the Zaydi Shia branch of Islam with small minorities of Ismali Muslims.


A Shia rebel movement, the Houthis, emerged in the early 2000s, claiming it would fight against what it saw as the marginalization of the Shi’ites of the Zaydi sect, which prevails in the Yemeni highlands.