Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development

Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development, commonly known as Jeel Albena, is a Yemeni not-for-profit humanitarian organisation established in June 2017 by Ameen Jubran, a Yemeni chemist born in 1984. The organisation operates under the motto “By Yemenis, for Yemenis,” reflecting its emphasis on locally led humanitarian action and direct engagement with communities affected by Yemen’s prolonged conflict and displacement crisis. The organisation is headquartered in Al Hudaydah and has worked in several areas of western Yemen, including Al Hudaydah, Hajjah, Al Mahwit, and Raymah. Its activities include providing shelter and supporting displaced people, as well as delivering skills training intended to strengthen livelihoods and community resilience. These activities place Jeel Albena within Yemen’s wider network of local civil-society and humanitarian organisations responding to needs that include displacement, inadequate housing, disrupted livelihoods, and limited access to services. Jeel Albena’s name combines the Arabic words “Jeel,” meaning “generation,” and “Albena,” meaning “building.” The name and motto together communicate an organisational focus on rebuilding communities and supporting future generations through locally delivered assistance. Rather than being a commercial product brand, Jeel Albena is an institutional identity used for humanitarian, development, and community-support work. The organisation received international recognition in 2021 when it won the Nansen Refugee Award. The award acknowledged its humanitarian work with displaced and vulnerable populations in Yemen. By September 2021, Jeel Albena reportedly had more than 150 employees, indicating a substantial operational presence for a national Yemeni non-governmental organisation. Publicly documented information focuses primarily on its humanitarian mandate, geographic coverage, founder, staffing, and award recognition; detailed financial information, governance structures, programme budgets, and current leadership beyond the founder are not established in the supplied reference material.

Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development was established in June 2017 in Yemen by Ameen Jubran, a chemist born in 1984. The organisation emerged during a period in which Yemen’s conflict had generated large-scale displacement, damaged infrastructure, and acute humanitarian needs. Its stated identity is expressed through the motto “By Yemenis, for Yemenis,” signalling a locally rooted approach to relief and development work. The organisation’s name is derived from Arabic: “Jeel” means “generation,” while “Albena” refers to building. This terminology frames the association’s work around rebuilding lives and communities rather than providing only short-term relief. Jeel Albena is headquartered in Al Hudaydah and has undertaken activities in Al Hudaydah, Hajjah, Al Mahwit, and Raymah, all areas affected by humanitarian pressures associated with conflict, displacement, and economic disruption. Its documented programme areas include shelter provision and skills training. Shelter work addresses the immediate housing needs of displaced and vulnerable households, while skills training is intended to help affected people develop practical capabilities and improve their ability to cope with economic hardship. The organisation’s activities therefore combine direct humanitarian assistance with development-oriented support for self-reliance and resilience. By September 2021, Jeel Albena had more than 150 employees. This reported staffing level reflected the scale of its operational activity as a national organisation. In the same year, it won the Nansen Refugee Award, an international humanitarian distinction associated with work supporting refugees and displaced people. The award brought wider recognition to Jeel Albena’s locally led response in Yemen. The available reference material does not provide a complete account of the organisation’s governance, funding sources, programme-by-programme budgets, current executive team, or subsequent expansion. Its documented historical profile is therefore centered on its 2017 founding, locally led humanitarian mission, work in western Yemeni governorates, reported staffing by 2021, and Nansen Refugee Award recognition.

• 2021

  Nansen Refugee Award

  [1]Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Developmenten.wikipedia.org

  Jeel Albena received the Nansen Refugee Award for its humanitarian work with displaced and vulnerable populations in Yemen.

• 2021

  Reported workforce exceeds 150 employees

  [1]Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Developmenten.wikipedia.org

  By September 2021, the organisation was reported to have more than 150 employees.

• 2017

  Organisation founded

  [1]Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Developmenten.wikipedia.org

  Ameen Jubran founded Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development in Yemen in June 2017.

A locally led Yemeni humanitarian and development organisation focused on practical assistance, shelter, skills training, and community resilience for displaced and vulnerable populations.

• Humanitarian assistance

  Shelter provision

  Jeel Albena provides shelter-related assistance for displaced and vulnerable people in areas of Yemen affected by conflict and humanitarian crisis. The available source material identifies shelter provision as one of the organisation’s principal areas of work, although it does not specify the full range of shelter modalities, delivery partners, beneficiary totals, or programme budgets.

• Livelihoods and development

  Skills training

  The organisation delivers skills-training activities intended to support affected communities and strengthen practical livelihoods. These programmes form part of Jeel Albena’s development-oriented work alongside emergency assistance. Specific curricula, vocational fields, participant numbers, and locations by programme are not detailed in the supplied references.

• Humanitarian aid · 2017

  Humanitarian and community-support programmes

  Jeel Albena conducts locally delivered humanitarian and community-support work in Yemen, with documented operations in Al Hudaydah, Hajjah, Al Mahwit, and Raymah. Its broader programme identity centers on assisting displaced and vulnerable populations and contributing to community rebuilding. Public sources supplied for this dossier do not provide a complete catalogue of every intervention.

1. 1Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Developmenten.wikipedia.org
2. 2Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development official websitejaahd.org