Yemen is facing the 'world's largest humanitarian crisis'. The crisis in Yemen offers no respite. Children are the most affected. Over 2.2 million children in Yemen are severely malnourished. Poverty sustained conflict and lack of humanitarian access are having devastating effects on millions of people.

 

According to the U.N., 80% of the population are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

An assessment by a senior UN aid official back in August 2015 stated that the country is experiencing a 'humanitarian catastrophe'. The term ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ is one that was repeated by the Emergency Relief Co-ordinator Stephen O'Brien in a statement to the UN Security Council in October 2016. (BBC News).

 

 

Yemen, one of the Middle East’s poorest countries, has been devastated by war, torn apart by conflict and gripped by hunger & malnutrition. Even before the war, Yemen was the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula. In 2012, some 44% of its population of 25 million were undernourished with about 5 million requiring emergency aid. 

 

today two-thirds of the population - 18.8 million people - need aid. 12 million people in Yemen have faced the threat of famine brought on by two years of civil war and the situation is rapidly deteriorating. Children are dying of malnutrition due to food and water shortages.

 

Yemen’s deteriorating economic situation is putting essential public services on the verge of collapse; humanitarian needs in the country are mounting. The UN has appealed for $2.1 billion to provide food and other life-saving aid. Despite the on-going humanitarian efforts, famine is now real in Yemen.

 

4thechildren is appealing for as much funds as possible to help women & children who are in desperate need of food, clean water and medical essentials. Please donate what you can today to help make a difference and save lives tomorrow.