"We help those who are worst off. We selected them together with director Bushra A. Al Jandari. A total of 1,800 female students attend the school. Many of them manage to get some food. But schoolgirls, for whom we now provide snacks, sometimes faint from hunger. They have only a meager diet, depending on what the family is able to beg for. Sometimes they only eat every other day. We give them bread, beans, tahini, eggs, cheese, just what we can get. Despite the difficult situation, we try to provide them with at least a little varied and balanced food," says Sabina Addailamy, who supervises all the projects directly in Sanaa for I Help As I Can. "Even if they're not doing well, they want to go to school. They have their dreams despite the horror they live in. They want to become teachers, doctors. They believe they can change the world," adds Addailamy. 

"Like Doa, today in 6th grade. She is one of the best students. After the death of her parents, she lives with her siblings at his uncle's house. Her sister, who lost an eye in the bombing, now has a prosthesis and is finally going to school. Or Ghadeer, student of 4th grade. Her father died, she lives only with her mother and siblings. She has diabetes. She is on insulin. But he doesn't always get the injection, and that's how complications with the kidneys come. But she doesn't give up. Just like Asma. She will finish the 12th, last, grade this year. She has one sister in the 10th grade, her father died, her mother has a mental disorder, she can't take care of herself, she runs away all the time, the girls have to look after her and take care of her. So they take turns going to school, carrying each other's textbooks and assignments. And now also snacks," Sabina tells the stories of only a few of the brave girls.

Snacks for 500 girls during the four-month semester will cost approximately USD 9 300. A mere USD 4,50 is enough for one schoolgirl for a month. The expansion of the project also enabled the creation of a new job. I Help As I Can, employs the fifth person in Sanaa who would otherwise have no chance of a job. 27-year-old assistant Asim Soodi has long helped in the public canteen I Help As I Can as a volunteer. Since 2022 he has been coordinating the snack help. After the death of his father, he took responsibility for the whole family. Paid position gives hope and dignity to all of them. He has 2 brothers, 3 sisters. "The biggest problem is that there is no work anywhere, and if by chance there is smoe, then only for a while and for minimal money. Asim is very grateful for the opportunity to work for us at the AlFurat school," explains Sabina.

I Help As I Can has been operating in Yemen's Sanaa since 2018. Thanks to donors from the Czech Republic and all around the world, it runs a public canteen where 166 of the poorest people go every day. Especially children and women who have become almost the sole breadwinners of families. They have to take care of some shelter, at least some food and the safety of their children and often grandchildren. I Help As I Can directly on the spot employs 5 people. The project is managed locally by Sabina Addailami, who has Czech-Yemenian roots. Together with helpers, they buy local ingredients and distribute one free hot meal a day to people who have a registration card for the poorest issued by the Sanaa City Hall.

The war in Yemen has been raging since 2015. According to the UN, it is the biggest humanitarian disaster in the world. According to the UN, the number of people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance has grown to 24.1 million in 2023. Brief truces and attempts at peace repeatedly collapse. Despite these dire circumstances affecting generations, the blockade remains largely intact. Only a limited amount of fuel and flights are allowed in the country, with trade shipments still blocked.

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