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Yemen is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world – and children are being robbed of their futures

Years of conflict have taken a devastating toll on the education of children in Yemen. Access to education provides a sense of normalcy for children in even the most desperate contexts and protects them from multiple forms of exploitation. Yet more than two million school-age children are now out of school as poverty, conflict and lack of educational opportunities disrupt learning.

Children who do not finish their education are trapped in a self-perpetuating cycle of poverty. If out-of-school children aren't properly supported, they may never return to the classroom.

What's happening in Yemen?
Yemen is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with around 21 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including more than 11 million children.

Since the conflict escalated in March 2015, the country has become a living hell for the country's children. Only half of health facilities are functioning, and many that remain operational lack basic equipment like masks and gloves, let alone oxygen and other essential supplies to treat COVID-19. Many health workers have not received a regular salary in several years.

How is the crisis affecting children?
Children continue to be killed and maimed in the conflict, while the damage and closure of schools and hospitals has disrupted access to education and health services, leaving children even more vulnerable and robbing them of their futures.

Meanwhile, nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, according to an analysis in February. Of these, 400,000 are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition and could die if they do not receive urgent treatment.

A dangerous combination of factors, driven by conflict and economic decline and now exacerbated by COVID-19, have compounded the dire situation for Yemen's youngest children.

What is UNICEF doing to help children in Yemen?
UNICEF is on the ground to save children's lives, to help them cope with the impact of conflict, and to help them to recover and resume their childhoods. Read more about UNICEF's work and results in the country, and how you can help.

How you can help people trapped in Yemen's humanitarian crisis

The World
November 29, 2017 · 4:00 PM EST
Updated: June 29, 2020 · 10:00 AM EDT
By Stephen Snyder

Editor's note 6/29/2020: The World is a public media organization covering the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The World does not accept donations for humanitarian relief in the country. The organizations below do. The radio story above aired in 2017.

People in Yemen were already on the verge of famine when COVID-19 began to spread across the country in April 2020. For more than five years, Yemenis have struggled with growing poverty, disease and homelessness brought on by a war that continues to be fought on multiple fronts. The number of dead from the conflict in Yemen topped 100,000 last year.

On June 5, the United Nations' head of humanitarian operations in Yemen, Lise Grande, said the death toll from the pandemic could "exceed the combined toll of war, disease, and hunger."

Related: Yemen faces spread of COVID-19 'with no health care system at all'

Yemen produces little of its own food and fuel, so Yemenis rely on imports to survive. According to UN estimates, 15.9 million Yemenis — more than half the country's people — wake up hungry every day, and in the absence of food assistance, this number would rise to 20 million.

But international funding is dropping off. On June 2, a UN-sponsored donor conference brought in $1.35 billion, just half of what was raised last year. In the meantime, 12 million children across Yemen still need humanitarian assistance to survive.

So how can people help them?

The World surveyed journalists, humanitarians and Yemeni citizens to come up with this shortlist of aid groups — some small and local, others huge and global — with proven records of helping families in Yemen. Each is helping Yemenis survive what the United Nations has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis. We first posted this list in 2017, and we continue to update it.

Humanitarians who live and work in Yemen

MonaRelief
Fatik al-Rodaini has been called a hero by Yemenis. He collects funds, buys food from local vendors, and creates batches of food (the term of art is "baskets") for families who his group has identified as needy. These days there is no shortage of need.

Yemen Hope and Relief
Ahmad Algohbary rescues children suffering from severe malnutrition. Families request his help, and he uses donated funds to transport and house them for weeks while their children are treated at nutrition clinics in major Yemeni cities.

Organizations whose mission is to help Yemenis

Yemen Aid
This group, founded by a Yemeni American, provides assistance and resources to Yemeni people, regardless of their race, political affiliation, ancestry or religion, in order to positively change, and ultimately save, lives.

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Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
This charity, based in Washington State, provides help and support to Yemeni families in desperate need. Through a network of volunteers in-country, YRRF reaches out to needy families not only in urban areas, but also remote villages and refugee camps. YRRF is registered in the US as a 501(c)3 and in Yemen as a charity organization.

Global NGOs that provide services in Yemen

ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross has a well-organized operation on the ground in Yemen, efficiently delivering food, clean water and essential household items. In 2019 alone, the ICRC assisted with food aid to more than 650,000 people there, and it provided more than 5 million Yemenis with clean water through water and sanitation programs. The group has been outspoken in its call for an end to hostilities, working with all sides of the conflict.

International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee provides lifesaving emergency aid, clean water and medical care to millions of people in Yemen affected by violent conflict and a growing health crisis. The IRC is training heath workers, deploying mobile health teams and supporting health facilities with protective gear and proper water and sanitation services to fight COVID-19. It accepts donations for its Yemen mission here.

INTERSOS
Since 2008 this Rome-based organization has provided health care and protection of the most vulnerable Yemenis in both the North and the South of the country, with special attention now to the spread of COVID-19. INTERSOS addresses unmet human needs and brings aid to the most remote and hard-to-reach locations in the country. It is registered as a 501(c)3 organization and has a US portal for donations.

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
MSF first worked in Yemen in 1986 and has been consistently present in Yemen since 2007. MSF runs lifesaving medical programs across the country that answer to the needs of Yemeni people who struggle every day to access medical care due to the ongoing conflict and the COVID-19 outbreak. MSF currently works in 12 hospitals and health centers across the country and provides support to a further 20 health facilities in 13 governorates.

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