After ten years of conflict in Yemen, the country remains one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, according to Action Against Hunger organization
Anne Garella, Director of Middle East Operations, of the organization said “People in Yemen still lack basic humanitarian supplies and services and those needs are intense and growing. Nearly half the Yemeni population, or over 17 million people, are food insecure. These mothers, fathers, and children go to bed hungry every night”.
She added that despite tireless efforts from international organizations to provide aid, the situation has only worsened and the most vulnerable communities, including millions of women and children, bear the brunt of this devastating crisis.
Garella said nearly 5 million people have been displaced from their homes and over 75% of them are women and children, where they end up in displacement camps or dangerous makeshift shelters, often without any insulation or privacy, facing daily uncertainty about where they will end up, or if they’ll ever return home.
Islamic Relief, which is a faith-based relief and development agency also reported the the winter in Yemen also brings its own challenges to people who are already struggling to survive, noticing that Yemen’s hot and arid climate makes the arrival of winter’s bitter cold all the more difficult – and even dangerous with sub-zero temperatures and flooding expected in highland areas, resulting in an increased lack of food in a country where over 21 million people already rely on humanitarian aid for their next meal.