The United Nations and partners today launched the 2025 Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, seeking $2.47 billion to provide urgent humanitarian and protection assistance to millions of people in need, according to a press release issued by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair.
The press release added that a decade of crisis has profoundly impacted Yemeni communities, who continue to bear the brunt of the conflict. More than half of the country’s population – 19.5 million people – need humanitarian assistance and protection services, with Yemen’s most vulnerable and marginalized groups, including women and girls, at highest risk.
Under the 2025 appeal, humanitarians, according to OCHA’s press release, aim to deliver life-saving assistance to 10.5 million of the most vulnerable people in need. “These efforts will be guided by the voices of communities, and ensure that we deliver cost-effective and quality assistance to crisis-affected people wherever they are,” Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Julien Harneis, said.
“Humanitarian action has been effective in alleviating the worst impacts of this crisis,” stressed the Humanitarian Coordinator. “But we cannot do this alone. Much more is needed to reduce needs, achieve peace, revive the economy and build the resilience of communities through sustainable development activities,” he added.