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this is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world

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What is happening in Yemen?

This is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. There are Yemeni children that still trapped in Yemen that aren’t getting the resources that they need. Not only are they trapped in Yemen, but they are also dealing with COVID-19. Sanitation and clean water supplies are in short supply. 

How did the war start? for context

The roots started in Spring 2011, an uprising forced the long-time authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to hand over his position to his deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. It was supposed to be a new era for peace but instead, president Hadi struggled with militant attacks, corruption, food insecurity, and loyalty to Saleh. 

The fighting began in 2014 when the Houthi Shia Muslim rebel movement took advantage of the new president’s weakness and took control of the norther Saada province and areas around it. The Houthis went to take the capiatl of Sanaa, forcing Hadi into exile abroad.

It escalated dramatically in March 2015 when Saudi Arabia and eight other mostly Sunni Arab states - alongside with US, UK, and France, began air strikes against the Houthis, with the intention of restoring Hadi’s government.

The Saudi-led coalition feared that the continued success of the Houthis would give their rivals more regional power, and Iran a foothold in Yemen. The Houthis broke with Saleh and was killed by Houthi fighters in December of 2017. On the anti-Houthi side, militias include separatists seeking independence for south Yemen and factions who oppose the idea.

The stalemate has produced an unrelenting humanitarian crisis, with at least 8.4 million people at the risk of starvation. 22.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Sever acute malnutrition is threatening the lives of almost 400,000 children under the age of five.

Not only has Yemen’s health system collapsed, but the world’s largest cholera outbreak has killed thousands, even more so now with the recent COVID-19 outbreaks. 

In June 2018, the Saudi-backed government forces began an assault on the key rebel-held port of Hudaydah, the entry point for the vast majority of aid going into Yemen and a lifeline for those who are starving. 

SOME FACTS AND FIGURES:

24 million are in need of humanitarian assistance

20.1 million people are food insecure

19.7 million people are in need of basic healthcare

17.8 million people are in need of water and sanitation

3 million are acutely malnourished children, pregnant, or lactating women

3.3 million people are internally displaced people

COVID-19 cases increased by 325% in over a week with an alarming fatality rate of 15.9%

Aid agencies are scaling up the response on the basis that community transmission of COVID-19 is taking place across the country

WHERE YOU CAN DONATE:

https://www.unicefusa.org/mission/emergencies/child-refugees/crisis-in-yemen?form=donate

https://www.rescue.org/country/yemen

https://www.projecthope.org/crisis-in-yemen/09/2019/

https://baitulmaal.org/yemen-crisis/

https://u4h.org.uk/yemen-food-appeal

https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/yemen-emergency-appeal/

PETITIONS: it takes less than ten minutes to sign all of these petitions. ALSO DO NOT DONATE TO CHANGE

stop the war and end the famine in yemen

force white house vote on saudi war, cholera, and famine

stop the flow of weapons to yemen

urge the us to stop deaths by starvation

end hunger in yemen

salam for yemen

save yemen from extinction!

justice for yemen

famine/genocide in yemen

compassion and action for yemen crisis refugees

start the peace talks and end the war

support wfp’s hunger relief mission in yemen

WANT TO LEARN MORE?:

https://www.unicef.org/emergencies/yemen-crisis

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29319423#:~:text=The%20UN%20says%20Yemen%20is,years%20if%20the%20war%20continues&text=The%20UN%20had%20verified%20the,death%20toll%20is%20far%20higher.

https://yemencrisis.carrd.co/

the crisis in yemen: a youtube playlist

https://linktr.ee/helpsaveyemen

THERE IS A CRISIS IN YEMEN NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT

REBLOG, SIGN PETITIONS, DONATE AND SPREAD THE WORD!

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