Buthaina Al-Selwi is a Yemeni humanitarian activist with over Fourteen of experience in the field. She has worked with several organizations such as Hodeida Girls Foundation (SDHGF) in northern Yemen" conflict areas, and the western coast" on many programs funded by UN agencies and INGOs such as UN Women, UNICEF, GIZ, ZOA, UNHCR, UNFPA, Saferworld, YHF, FARMAMUNDI, Oxfam, FAO, and CARE International, POMOZI.BA and is currently the Programs Manager at Sheba Youth Foundation for Development (SYF) in Taiz. Buthaina is a specialist in writing proposals and fundraising and a trainer with ILO on small and micro businesses (semi-illiterate curriculum).

Buthaina is a member of MEPI Alumni (LDF 2018), Co- founder of Youth Paces and Security Pact -Yemen(YPS), a member of the women’s solidarity network, and Co- founder of Collective Shamellah in the Middle East and North Africa.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in medical laboratories and an Executive master’s in international Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid from Kalu Institute, Spain.