Convention on the Rights of the Child

Table 15

Air time devoted to family and children’s programmes on local radio and television channels

Item	Channel/radio	Air time
1	Yemen	136
2	Yamaniyah	152
3	General Programme One	26
4	General Programme Two	34
5	Radio Ta`izz	9
6	Radio Hudaydah	16
7	Radio Seiyun	6
8	Radio Hajjah	7
9	Radio Lahij	2
10	Radio Abyan	7
11	Radio Ibb	16
	Total	411 hours

Table 16

Number of government orphanages in the Republic of Yemen

Item	Name of home	Governorate	Capacity	Oversight entity	Support entity	Remarks
1	Orphanage	San`a City	1 500	Ministry of Education	Ministry of Education	Orphanage also used by some 1,500 children on a non-residential basis
2	Orphanage	Tawilah/ Mahwit	400	Ministry of Education and board of trustees	Ministry of Education + Sharjah Association + board of trustees	Orphanage’s services also used by 600 children from neighbouring villages who are not orphans
3	Orphanage	Hajjah	120	Ministry of Social Affairs	Ministry of Social Affairs
4	Orphanage	Ta`izz	100	Ministry of Social Affairs	Ministry of Social Affairs and private governing board
5	Orphanage	Hudaydah	100	Ministry of Social Affairs	Ministry of Social Affairs
6	Orphanage	Mahwit	79	Ministry of Social Affairs		Began operating in 2004
7	Orphanage	Amran	150	Ministry of Social Affairs	Not yet operating	Constructed with support from the Social Fund but does not yet have the financial resources and staff to start operating
8	Orphanage	Dhamar	150	Ministry of Social Affairs	Not yet operating	Constructed with support from the Social Fund but does not yet have the financial resources and staff to start operating
9	Orphanage	Hadramawt	300	Ministry of Social Affairs in support of the Islamic Charitable Association	Recently began operating on a small scale and currently has about 30 orphans in residence	Constructed with support from a benefactor
10	Amal Girls’ Orphanage	Ta`izz	50	Ministry of Social Affairs in support of the Rahmah Foundation, which is involved in humanitarian work and caring for girl orphans	Began operating in May 2008	Constructed with support from the Social Fund