In October 2010, Mercy Corps launched the Engaging Youth for a Stable Yemen (EYSY) program in Aden and Lahj. In March 2011, the Arab Spring led to protests across Yemen, leading to the fall of the long-serving Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Months of protests as well as the transition in power exacerbated the power vacuum and left much of Yemen seemingly ungovernable—the type of environment in which violent extremist groups take hold….