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Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Outline• Scale of the Crisis

– Effect on population– South: 200,000 displaced– North: 350,500 displaced– Food insecurity

• Risks to Development– Health challenges– Asylum seekers

• Humanitarian Outreach– Impact– Conclusion

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Scale of the Crisis

• Half the total population affected by humanitarian crisis. Food insecurity and malnutrition widespread

• Crisis could undermine political transition and prospects for peace and long-term development

• Humanitarian community working with Government to reach those affected, but could do more with additional support

• Needs increasing especially in the south, but funds not yet available to meet new requirements

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Effect on population

• 10 million food insecure, nearly one million children malnourished

• 550,000 people displaced from their homes by conflict

• 42 percent of population living below poverty line, youth unemployment 53 percent

• one in four households has a food-related debt Source : CAP 2010, CAP 2011 and CAP 2012

South: 200,000 displaced

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North: 350,500 displaced

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Food insecurity – per governorate

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35.1-50%

> 50%

20.1-35%

< 20%

No data

Risks to Development

• Nearly one million children under 5 malnourished.

• 267,000 severely malnourished• Hodeidah alone 28 per cent

children malnourished

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Health challenges

• Outbreaks of cholera and diarrhea expected to increase in summer

• Measles threatening to become the number one killer of small children

• Polio virus incidents increasing due to

low vaccination coverage

• Violence against children, 159 killed in 2011

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Additional challenges

• Half the population without access to affordable, safe water.

• Risk of diseases because of poor hygiene practices

• 300,000 children without access to quality education, 902 schools damaged or closed in 12 Governorates

• Girls’ school participation further reduced, high dropout rates

• Children recruited to support military goals, others trafficked

• Crisis has mainly affected rural children, female-headed households, IDPs and returnees

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Shelter needs

• Majority of IDPs living in informal settlements that do not meet adequate living conditions, little or no privacy in informal settlements

• 69 out of 135 schools in Aden serving as temporary emergency shelter for 20,000 IDPs

• Thousands managing with plastic sheeting and make- shift accommodation, lacking sufficient mattresses and blankets in

harsh weather conditions.

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Protection needs

• Protection space more limited. The lack of necessary documentation results in limited access to basic needs and services

• Women and children increasingly exposed to violence,exploitation and neglect

• Lack of basic services such as electricity further exposes women, children and youth to exploitation

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Asylum seekers

• Continuing influx of refugees and asylum seekers from Horn of Africa, 103,000 new arrivals during 2011.

• February 2012, an estimated 12,500 new arrivals (Ethiopians and Somalis).

• 16,000 Ethiopian migrants registered at the departure center in Haradh in 2011.

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Humanitarian Outreach• Humanitarian community providing assistance in nearly

all conflict areas (UN, INGOs and NGOs).• 60 international organizations, broad partnerships with local NGOs

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Response

• Ongoing activities across the country, US$254 million received but requirements now up to about US$590 million for 11 clusters

• Partnerships with local organizations increased two-fold since November 2011

• Abyan response plan formulated, critically important components include shelter, education, and protection

• Agencies working with Government on mine clearance in areas like Doafas, Zinjibar and Jaar

• Initiatives to address the issue of girls and women exposed to additional vulnerabilities including gender-based violence

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Conclusion

• Increasing Humanitarian Needs in Yemen

• Broad range of support required, rapid interventions most critical

• Need support for increased cluster requirements: WASH up by 95 percent, Early Recovery - 87 percent, Education – 105 percent, Food – 45 percent

• Food, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, shelter, education, protection critically important

• Should address requirements of general vulnerable population as well as IDPs refugees, migrants and food insecure populations

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