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R500 can provide a malnourished child with specialised nutrition.
R1,200 can feed a family for one month.
R7,200 can provide six families with access to clean water for a month.
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DONATE ZAKAT TO YEMEN APPEAL
R500 can provide a malnourished child with specialised nutrition.
R1,200 can feed a family for one month.
R7,200 can provide six families with access to clean water for a month.
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Yemen Crisis: 24 million people are in need of humanitarian aid
Over eight years of conflict has deepened Yemen’s poverty, devastated its infrastructure, and caused widespread hunger and suffering. The crisis is getting worse, day by day.
Yemen is already one of the poorest countries in the region, with tens of thousands of lives lost and over 20 million people not knowing where their next meal will come from. A country crippled by conflict is sadly now on the brink of famine.
Families are facing ongoing armed conflict, displacement, disease and economic decline, with an estimated 24 million people (80% of the country’s population) now in need of humanitarian aid to survive – a figure so high that it is in fact the highest across the globe.
The Current Situation in Yemen
19.7 million
people need basic healthcare
18 million
people are in need of water and sanitation facilities
4 million
people have been uprooted from their homes
2.3 million
children under the age of 5 are currently suffering from acute malnutrition
Islamic Relief is on the ground in Yemen
Islamic Relief is currently on the ground in 17 of the country’s 22 governorates, delivering aid to many hard-to-reach areas. Our country office is in the capital, Sana’a, and we have eight sub-offices in Dhamar, Amran, Aden, Taiz, Hodeida, Saada, Maarib and Rymah.
With your support we have been able to:
- Provide essential food aid to 2 million people every month
- Help over 800,000 people access clean drinking water
- Establish 167 health facilities across the country to enable doctors and nurses working to treat wounded, sick and malnourished people
- Support children through child protection and psycho-social support activities
In light of the impending famine, Islamic Relief is continuing to distribute food packs and essential food vouchers to provide critical aid to families in need. However, we need your help to reach as many people as possible and widen our response.
Why the people of Yemen need your help
One of the world’s poorest countries, Yemen now teeters on the brink of famine after years of conflict, economic downturn and shortfalls in humanitarian funding. Some 24 million people depend on urgent humanitarian aid to survive.
The tragedy has reached epic proportions, with a child dying every 10 minutes from preventable causes like diarrhoea, breathing infections and malnutrition. More than 4 million people are internally displaced and humanitarian access is difficult.
*Due to ongoing conflict, blockades and delays in food imports, the food prices in Yemen constantly fluctuate. At times food prices have more than doubled during the ongoing conflict which began in March 2015. Islamic Relief Yemen continues to provide life-saving aid to those most in need through its partnership work with international organisations such as the World Food Programme. We will regularly update price handles to reflect the current situation on the ground.