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World Food Programme Chief appeals for peace in Yemen as agency plans major scale-up of food aid
ROME – A heartfelt plea for an end to the fighting in Yemen has been issued by the Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme as he concluded a three-day visit to the country which has become the scene of the worst humanitarian…
Yemen: Access Constraints as of 14 November 2018
https://reliefweb.int/map/yemen/yemen-access-constraints-14-november-2018
1,500 pregnant women at risk of death as main hospital in Hodeidah becomes inaccessible
By Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA’s Director for the Arab region
Cairo, 14 November 2018 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, fears that among the 10,000 pregnant women caught in the fighting in Hodeidah City, the lives of an estimated…
Yemen: Current Status of IDPs Hosting Sites & Partner Mapping (as of 24 October 2018)
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-current-status-idps-hosting-sites-partner-mapping-24-october-2018
Yemen: Al Hudaydah Update Situation Report No. 14, Reporting period: 16 October – 13 November…
I. Situation Overview
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE SCALED UP AS NEEDS INCREASE
During the first 10 days of November, there was a marked increase in airstrikes, artillery fire and clashes in Al Hudaydah Governorate, especially around Al…
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark…
I echo the statement of the Special Envoy, Martin Griffiths, calling upon all parties to the conflict in Yemen to show restraint. All parties must live up to their obligations under international humanitarian law. I ask that the parties…
Yemen: Commodity Tracker (as of 12 November 2018)
One year since the Nov. 2017 blockade food and fuel imports have declined and only one containerized shipped was permitted to offload at Hudaydah.
Since Nov. 2017, food imports are meeting 78% of estimated national food requirements,…
World Concern Responds to Crisis in Yemen
Delivering Aid and Support for Families on the Brink of Famine
November 13, 2018 (SEATTLE) – Prolonged civil war in Yemen has led to a severe food shortage and loss of income for families, bringing the Middle Eastern nation to the brink…
IOM Provides Mental Health Services and Safe Spaces for Vulnerable Yemeni Families
Sana’a – The conflict in Yemen – raging since March 2015 and recently intensified by clashes in and around Al-Hudaydah over the weekend – has disrupted the lives of millions of Yemenis. Nearly ten per cent of the population, or 2.3 million…
In Yemen, one family’s fight against cholera
As Abdullah sits by his daughter Nehan’s bedside, he comforts her in the familiar language of a parent’s love: adjusting her blanket, delicately smoothing her hair, gently holding her hand. He is quiet and careful with his words, but…