Crisis in Yemen

Children sit outside their tent at Al-Meshqafah camp for displaced persons in Lahj governate, southern Yemen, in February 2019.
Here's How UNICEF Is Helping Children in Yemen
After nearly six years of conflict, Yemen's children need health care, nutrition, safe water, education and more. UNICEF is there to help.
Mohammed Moharram Sa'ad Al-Oshari smiles at his 2-year-old daughter, Bulgis, who is holding a packet of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food, used to treat severe malnutrition.
Five Years of War + Pandemic Sends Yemen's Malnutrition Rates Soaring
Yemen's malnutrition crisis prompts UNICEF to issue an urgent appeal for support. Nearly 325,000 young lives are on the line.
Nineteen-year-old Afrah is a UNICEF-supported community health worker in Sana'a, Yemen.
Community Health Workers Are Yemen's Superheroes
UNICEF and the European Union are supporting a network of community health workers and primary health care facilities across Yemen.
In Yemen, 7-year-old Jabra wears a mask to prevent transmission of the novel coronavirus.
In Yemen, Moms Sew Masks to Protect Their Kids and Their Community
COVID-19 is just the latest threat for families in Yemen. With support from UNICEF, members of a mothers' group are making their own masks.
UNICEF Yemen Representative Sara Beysolow Nyanti (second from right) in Sana'a, Yemen.
UNICEF & the World Bank Get Cash Aid to Yemeni Families in Need
UNICEF's Sara Beysolow Nyanti reflects on successes and challenges of maintaining a massive cash transfer program in Yemen during COVID-19.
Amina*, 18, was only 16 when she was forced into an arranged marriage. UNICEF-supported programs help girls like Amina recover from the trauma of early marriage and learn business skills so they can make a life for thems
Helping Girls Escape Early Marriage in Yemen
Social collapse is pushing more and more young girls into child marriage in Yemen. UNICEF-supported programs help them get their lives back.
A Boy Scarred by Yemen's War Takes His First Steps Toward Healing
Thanks to a UNICEF project in Aden that provides prosthetic limbs to children maimed in Yemen's war, Rayan, 6, can live a fuller life.
23-year-old Saba, a UNICEF-supported community health worker, travels on foot to reach families cut off from health services by fighting in Bait Essa Emran governate, Yemen in May 2020..
Protecting Yemen's Children From COVID-19
An urgent funding crisis threatens the water, sanitation and health programs children in Yemen need to stay alive. You can help now.
On April 4, 2020, Fatima pours water to help her mother wash her hands thoroughly, in a center for internally displaced persons in Aden, Yemen.
Ramadan in War-torn Yemen: Hoping for Better Days Ahead
An embattled nation's already fragile health care system faces a new threat: the novel coronavirus.
Dr. Marwan Alufersi, a pediatrician, does what he can for his young patients at the UNICEF-supported Alhatab Health Center, located in the Hamdan district of Yemen's Sana'a Governorate.
Making a Difference in Yemen, One Child at a Time
Despite the crippling effects of five years of conflict, community health facilities keep at it, with UNICEF support.
This boy lives in Al-Meshqafah camp for internally displaced people in Lahj governorate, southern Yemen, 2019.
How UNICEF Helps Protect Yemen's Most Vulnerable Children
In Yemen, an Emergency Cash Transfer Project is helping 1.5 million families cover basic food, health and education needs.
Little Saba was suffering from acute malnutrition, fever and diarrhea when her mother brought her to the UNICEF-supported Al-Zaidiah Therapeutic Feeding Center in Hudaydah, Yemen.
UNICEF Is Bringing Malnourished Children Back to Life in Yemen
Little Saba's health stabilized after treatment at a UNICEF-sponsored therapeutic feeding center in Hudaydah, Yemen.

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