| Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW) | |
| Formation: | 1990 |
| Founder: | elite group of Yemeni volunteers and social figures |
| Founding Location: | Yemen |
| Vat Id: | (for European organizations) --> |
| Headquarters: | Yemen |
| Location: | Yemen |
| Owners: | --> |
| Website: | http://csswyemen.org/ |
The Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW) is a Yemen-based Non-governmental organization known for offering charitable and humanitarian services to the masses.[1] [2] The CSSW is accredited by the United Nations World Food Program[2] and is also a member of the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI-NGO).[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
In 2015, the Charitable Society for Social Welfare received the ISO 9000-2008 certificate.[6] The CSSW is an active partner with UNICEF,[7] the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),[8] and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).[9]
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.[10] [11]
There is a report in The Washington Post of 2008 claiming that the Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW) was founded by Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, whom the US Treasury Department identified as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist".[12] 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.[12]
The CSSW spokesman Jamal Al-Haddi denied the involvement of Abdul Majeed al-Zindani and Anwar Awlaki in the Yemeni CSSW.[13] 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."[14] [13] 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.[13]