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Crisis in yemen

After six years of war, Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Almost 4 million people have been displaced by the fighting and four out of every five people are in need of humanitarian assistance. We are delivering essential aid but we urgently need your help to do more.

A brutal and devastating conflict

The people of Yemen are experiencing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The conflict between a Saudi-led coalition of Gulf countries and the Government of Yemen against the Ansar-Allah movement (also known as the Houthis), which escalated in March 2015, has so far caused more than 12,000 civilian deaths. Nearly four million people have been forced to flee their homes due to the bombing and fighting.

24 million people – 80 percent of Yemen’s population – need emergency aid, the greatest number in any country in the world.

Millions at risk of famine and disease

The country’s economy has been shattered. Countless homes, warehouses, farms and vital parts of civilian infrastructure have been destroyed. The flow of food – nearly 90 percent of which had to be imported even before the conflict started – has been massively disrupted by the warring parties. Prices are continuing to rise, while many of the poorest people have lost their incomes.

More than half of Yemenis do not have enough to eat. 7.4 million people – 25 percent of the population – suffer from malnutrition, including 2 million children.

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Yemen faces the triple threat of war, disease and hunger. Continuing conflict, airstrikes and restrictions on imports have left the country on the brink of famine. For millions of Yemeni women, men and children, life remains a daily struggle and violence a constant threat.

We are on the ground distributing life-saving aid, but we urgently need to reach more people and we can’t do it without you.