“13 Million Yemenis Need Immediate Help Amid Bleak Conditions”
16 June 2016 – The top United Nations relief official for Yemen has reported that more than 13 million Yemenis are in need of immediate life-saving assistance as a result of a bleak humanitarian situation in the country that continues to worsen.
Children in Taiz, Yemen, live under enormous stress, lacking any sense of safety or normalcy during the continued siege and as a result of intensive fighting. 20 September 2015. Photo: UNICEF/Mahyoob
“The humanitarian situation in Yemen is among the world’s worst crises. The scale and intensity of the humanitarian situation here is bleak – and by many measures it’s continuing to get worse,” Jamie McGoldrick, the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, said in a press briefing in Sana’a.
“The war has taken a very heavy toll on the country and its people. It is no exaggeration to say the economy is on the verge of total collapse,” he added.
McGoldrick noted that food and nutrition, insecurity, and access to health care are among the most critical areas of need. He added that people are dying of preventable illnesses, while, overall, access to health-care services for 14.1 million people has been disrupted.
Jamie McGoldrick, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, holds press briefing in Sana’a. Photo: UN OCHA Yemen
Specifically, the humanitarian coordinator said that nearly 3 million people have fled their homes since the conflict escalated, most of whom – about 2.8 million – are displaced within Yemen.
The conflict has also had significant impact on the education system, with 1,600 schools closed and 560,000 children out of school, he said.
Up to 30 April, the UN has directly assisted 3.6 million people this year with some form of humanitarian assistance in all 22 governorates. This includes assisting 3.6 million people with emergency food assistance, 3.5 million people with essential and life-saving health assistance, and 1.2 million people with direct water, sanitation and hygiene services.
The UN provided assistance to more than 8 million people in 2015, and is aiming to support 13.6 million people in 2016, McGoldrick said.
The humanitarian coordinator emphasized that some areas are difficult to reach for security reasons.
“We try to reach those most in need but sometimes this is not possible. The parties to the conflict need to grant unfettered humanitarian access,” he said, adding that the UN response is significantly underfunded. (Source: UN).
2016 Human Wrongs Watch
Source: https://human-wrongs-watch.net/2016/06/17/13-million-yemenis-need-immediate-help-amid-bleak-conditions/
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