Amal Al-Yaheeri
Country of Nationality:
Yemen
Country of Residence:
Yemen
Combating AIDS in the rural community
Amal is a graduate of Faculty of Arts & Linguistics in Thamar University from Yemen. She has been involved in the Yemeni development field since 2001, as a trainer, researcher and consultant and is currently a community service program manager at SGH.
Amal has also participated in several workshops, seminars and conferences on a local and regional level. Her project "Combating AIDS in the rural community" aims at building the capacity of a group of youth to work on the issues of HIV/Aids as well as increasing awareness about HIV/Aids in the rural communities. Through her project she was able to train 24 young volunteers to raise awareness about how to prevent HIV/Aid as well as organize several awareness raising workshops targeting youth and older groups in the rural community.