The four FC measures SFD V–VIII were a continuation of the support provided by the Social Fund for Development (SFD), the Yemeni project-executing agency, which began in 2003. Starting in SFD V, FC funds were to be used exclusively for the education sector, focusing on the rehabilitation and expansion of schools, and advanced training of specialists in the education sector. The SFD’s main mission is to implement measures within the scope of state economic and social policy to rehabilitate and expand the social and economic infrastructure, primarily in poor areas. In view of the ongoing armed conflict, the SFD’s main task is to make a contribution to maintaining central basic services.