Described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in decades, 24 million people in Yemen urgently need our help.

Communities who have already had to leave everything behind to keep their families safe from violence are now facing a new threat. For Yemen, coping with Covid-19 with a crumbling health system will be extremely difficult. The country faces a very high mortality rate of 20%.

The pandemic has also caused concerns around a worsening food crisis in Yemen. With many people losing their jobs, families are struggling with no income. The increased price of goods because of inflation is making an already critical situation worse.

Malnutrition rates in Yemen are among the highest in the world. Women and children are particularly vulnerable due to poor water and sanitation services, and the breakdown of health systems.

You can help us reach more malnourished children and their families in Yemen.

What Action Against Hunger are doing

Action Against Hunger is one of the few international aid organisations working in Yemen. Despite access restrictions, our teams are:

• training healthcare workers to respond to the coronavirus pandemic
• launching awareness raising campaigns to stop the spread of Covid-19 in vulnerable communities
• focusing on the treatment of malnutrition among children under five and their mothers
• providing essential medical treatment to over half a million people
• ensuring that hundreds of thousands of people have access to safe water
• promoting good hygiene practices
• treating tens of thousands of cholera cases in the hospitals we support
• helping families displaced from their homes due to conflict
• working to prevent the underlying causes of malnutrition, including poverty, by supporting employment and self-employment opportunities