The Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW) is a
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
-based
Non-governmental organization
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known for offering charitable and humanitarian services to the masses.
The CSSW is accredited by the
United Nations World Food Program
The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен ...
and is also a member of the
United Nations Department of Public Information
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(DPI-NGO).
History
The Charitable Society for Social Welfare was founded as a charitable non-governmental organization in March 1990 in Yemen by an elite group of Yemeni volunteers and social figures. The CSSW formed branches and committees in the Yemen districts and governorates which numbered up to 23 branches and 26 committees by the year 2008.
In 2015, the Charitable Society for Social Welfare received the
ISO 9000-2008 certificate. The CSSW is an active partner with
UNICEF
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, the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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(UNHCR), and the
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Services
The Charitable Society for Social Welfare offers charitable programs such as emergency relief to displaced people and refugees, youth development, social care, health projects and services, woman & child development, education, community development, orphan sponsorship and other related humanitarian services.
Controversy
There is a report in ''
The Washington Post
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'' of 2008 claiming that the Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW) was founded by
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (; born in 1942 in Ibb, Yemen) is a leading Islamist, founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen, head of the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood political movement and founder of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Q ...
, whom the
US Treasury Department
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identified as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist".
The same report also stated that Yemeni-American cleric Anwar Awlaki served as a vice president for the CSSW in San Daigo (outside Yemen) during the 1990s.
The CSSW spokesman Jamal Al-Haddi denied the involvement of Abdul Majeed al-Zindani and Anwar Awlaki in the Yemeni CSSW.
He denied that Awlaki ever worked for the Yemeni CSSW. He told ''INTELWIRE'' in an e-mail that "CSSW has no branches outside the Republic of Yemen. No official or unofficial branch of CSSW in the United States."
He added that those reports might confuse with a charity that might have a similar name since the Yemeni CSSW has no other branch outside of Yemen. The CSSW spokesman Jamal Al-Haddi is making plans to reach Washington Post to correct the false information already published.
See also
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Famine in Yemen
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accomp ...
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Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
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Human rights in Yemen
Human rights in Yemen are seen as problematic. The security forces have been responsible for torture, inhumane treatment and even extrajudicial executions. In recent years there has been some improvement, with the government signing several intern ...
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Houthi insurgency in Yemen
The Houthi insurgency in Yemen, also known as the Houthi rebellion, the Sa'dah War, or the Sa'dah conflict, was a rebellion, military rebellion pitting Zaidiyyah, Zaidi Shia Islam, Shia Houthis (though the movement also includes Sunni Islam, Sun ...
References
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Charities based in Yemen