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“My daughters freeze at night.” – on the brink of famine in Yemen

Across the besieged country of Yemen, millions of families are freezing, starving, and homeless. Najla (4) used to live in the warm, sunny, port city of Hodeidah in Yemen with her little sister (2) and her mother. Her father has passed away. In June 2018, as fighting reached Hodeidah, they were forced to flee to […]

Three years of conflict in Yemen

Hind Abbas is a Communication Assistant for CARE International Yemen. Here she shares her experiences over the three years of war in her country. March 26,2015, was the day that war began and the lives of millions of Yemenis was forever altered. As aircraft filled the skies over what is considered the Middle East’s poorest […]

My Wishes for Yemen in 2018

Hind Abbas, a communication assistant with CARE in Yemen, shares her experience living through one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. New years are often new beginnings. A new chance to live differently, change what we don’t like and learn from past experiences. The smell of chocolate fudge cake and coffee in the holiday season [...]

Yemen: millions of lives still at risk after 1,000 days of war

Yemen risks sliding into famine and further disease outbreaks unless all the country’s ports are fully reopened, aid agency CARE has warned as the country marks 1,000 days since conflict began. More than 22 million people in Yemen are in need of humanitarian aid, 7 million people face famine-like conditions and the country is experiencing […]

The blockade is threatening lives

More than 20 million people in Yemen need humanitarian assistance and with the current blockade, the already dire situation is deteriorating further. It has been more than two weeks since the blockade was introduced, preventing the entry of food, fuel, medicine and supplies – exposing millions to diseases, starvation and death. Over 7 million people […]

“Nothing has got in or out of the country”

Daily airstrikes, the world’s worst cholera outbreak, seven million people on the brink of famine – and now the country’s borders have been closed, restricting the delivery of lifesaving aid to families in desperate need. Johan Mooij, CARE’s Country Director in Yemen said that since Monday, “Nothing has got in or out of the country.” […]

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