Project Baladi
Arabic for “of the country”
Aditya Bhatt, Owen Cai, Devin Crawford, Ankit Janamanchi, Christina Kim, Katherine Tam
VANDERBILT INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL CASE COMPETITION 2025 TEAM 2
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Table of Contents
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Background
Range of Sufficiency
A
Acute Nutrition – Short Term
Budget and Implementation Analysis
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Long-term Investment – Long term
Appendix
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Yemen currently faces one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world
New York Times on Feb. 10, 2025:
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Nearly 18 million Yemeni people do not know where their next meal is coming from
Conflict has scarred and divided the country
Houthi rebels control the most populated areas
Problem Statement: address dire nutritional needs while laying the foundation for economic empowerment of the Yemeni people
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Caring for the Most Vulnerable
Aden currently has 2 TFC and 3 NSS facilities. The sites provide safe critical medical and nutrition care and monitor children’s nutritional status for early detection of malnutrition and case referral with the main goal of reducing under 5 mortality.
Through training additional workers, facilitating transportation to the facilities, and improving public health outreach, we can bolster the capacity TFCs in Aden.
We will be providing 2 mobile health clinics to each TFC that will spearhead acute nutrition treatment for more rural populations at the outskirts of Aden.
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Supporting the Therapeutic Feeding Centers (TFCs) and Nutrition Sentinel Sites (NSS) in Aden
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Developmental Investment
94%
93%
Strategic Objective: create economic opportunity and develop diverse food sources for Yemeni families
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Revitalizing Yemen’s Crucial Fishing Industry
Of fishermen report dire need for financing
Would use financing to immediately expand operations
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A 3-Step Developmental Investment Approach
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2. Processing
3. Markets
1. Fishermen
Value Chain Investment Targets
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Support and Empower Women through developmental investment and fishing enterprises
5%
95%
Is there potential for women to engage in the fishery sector?
NO
YES
1. MARKETING
2. PROCESSING
3. EXPORTING
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Budget Breakdown
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Facet | Cost | What's Included |
Short term: Acute nutrition (TFC Support) | $1,070,000.00 | Treatments for Children under 5: $214 for 5000 children |
| $180,000.00 | Transportation: $25 for 9000 cases |
| $112,500.00 | Health and Nutrition Communication/Outreach- $9 for 10000 Mothers |
| $100,800.00 | Mobile Health Sites: $6300 for 4 sites, across 4 years |
| $37,300.00 | Training Community Workers: $373 for 100 people |
Long term: Fishing industry development | $400,000.00 | Central Markets: $200,000 for 2 main markets |
| $1,500,000.00 | Facilities: $125,000 for 12 facilities |
| $795,500.00 | Fisherman resources and capital: On average, $430 for 1850 fisherman |
| $300,000.00 | Mosque fund- recordkeeping, compensation for administrative tasks and community outreach |
| $500,000.00 | Strategic financial reserves |
Total | $4,996,100.00 | |
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Timeline
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Outreach to TFCs in Aden
Begin TFC collaboration to increase their capacity: transportation, treatment, health communications
YEAR 2
YEAR 4
YEAR 5
YEAR 3
YEAR 1
Interface with mosque leaders to discuss food distribution
Full coordination for TFCs. Rollout mobile health/nutrition sites
Discuss fishery program with community and address concerns
Evaluate TFC outcomes and adapt approach if needed
Buy capital and establish pilot for fishing investment program
Continue expansion of mosque nutrition services
Review progress.
Scale our fishing investment and support fishers
Service boats and equipment
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SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
| HELPFUL | HARMFUL |
INTERNAL | Strengths:
| Weakness:
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EXTERNAL | Opportunities:
| Threats:
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References
https://www.emro.who.int/yemen/priority-areas/therapeutic-feeding-centres.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/world/middleeast/united-nations-yemen.html
https://www.undp.org/yemen/erry-jp/publications/fishery-value-chain
https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/yem224350E.pdf
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/success-therapeutic-feeding-centre-aden-continues
https://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/yemen/Nutrition-Surveillance-December-2024.pdf
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Appendix A: Why Fisheries?
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2nd largest Export pre-war, production has fallen by 75% from 2014-20
Large existing labor force Red Sea is incredibly rich in fish species
Diversifies food and income sources; avoids terrestrial shock factors and lack of arable land
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Appendix B: Islamic lending practices guides our fishing improvement strategy
Islamic lending practices
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Appendix C: SWOT for Fishery Revitalization
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Appendix D: The specific role of women in fisheries
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Food Preparation
Exporting
Marketing
95% of study participants believe that women could engage in the chain of business and establish their own start-up
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Appendix E: The Logic Model highlights Project Baladi’s overarching goals and impact in Yemen
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Inputs
Outputs
Outcomes
Partnerships with mosques and TFCs
Mobile clinics for TFCs
Fishing Resources
Transportation
Short:
Immediate access to improve nutrition
Increased knowledge of fishing
Fortification of community partnership
Medium:
Increased food security + affordability
Increased fishing power
Increased community participation
Long:
Sustainable Elimination of food insecurity for Yemenis
Improved health outcomes
Famine in Yemen
- 5,000 SAM Cases treated
- 10,000 Families Reached
- Transportation provided to 9,000 patients
- 2,000+ fishers trained
- Market training for the community
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