Humanitarian Crisis
in Yemen
1
Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) – Yemen
Outline
• Scale of the Crisis
• Humanitarian Risks
• Challenges
• Humanitarian Outreach
• Response
2
Scale of the Crisis
• 12 million people (half the total population) affected by humanitarian
crisis
• 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
• Humanitarian community targeting 6 million of the most vulnerable
in 2012.
3
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
• Health problems among children
attributed to unsafe water,
inadequate sanitation and poor
hygiene.
Source : CAP 2010, CAP 2011 and CAP 2012
Food insecurity – per Governorate
No data
< 20%
20.1-35%
35.1-50%
> 50%
5
Humanitarian Risks
• Nearly one million children under 5
malnourished.
• 267,000 severely malnourished
• Hodeidah alone 31.7 per cent
children malnourished
• Child labour, early marriage and
pregnancy prevalent
6
Challenges
• 12.7 million without access to safe water and adequate
sanitation
• Risk of diseases because of poor hygiene practices
• 902 schools damaged or closed in 12 Governorates. Fewer
girls than boys in schools, with high dropout rates
• Children recruited to support military goals, others trafficked
• Crisis has mainly affected rural children, female-headed
households, IDPs, returnees and refugees
• In Lahj and Aden, 13.7 percent of pregnant women risk having
poor growth of unborn babies. 16 percent of pregnant or
lactating women are malnourished.
7
Shelter
• 90 percent of IDPs live in informal settlements that do not
meet adequate living conditions, with little or no privacy
• 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.
8
Health
• Outbreaks of cholera and diarrhea
recorded and more expected in the
year
• Measles threat to children under 5,
and the risk of reemergence of polio
• Dengue, Chikungunya outbreaks, with
cross-border implications
• Severe disruption of basic health care
services leading to inadequate
800
response capacity
600
• Violence against children, 159 killed
in 2011 by landmines and UXOs
400
200
Measles cases by month - Yemen – 2012
After EPI campaigns
711
550
455
192 225
144
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
9
Protection
• 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 further exposes women, children and
youth to exploitation
10
Gender issues
• In the coming six months, 16 percent of displaced pregnant
women risk life-threatening labor due to lack of access to
health care
• High risk of gender based violence, including early/child
marriage and sexual violence. In Haradh, 1,000 cases of GBV
recorded
• Some of the IDPs live outside camps due to social reasons
including sensitivities related to women living outside their
community
11
Mixed Migration
• Continuing influx of refugees, asylum seekers and
economic migrants from Horn of Africa. 103,000new
arrivals during 2011.
• 56,146 new arrivals as of June 2012, 80 percent of whom
are Ethiopian migrants.
• Over 20,000 stranded Ethiopian migrants registered to
receive humanitarian assistance at the departure centre in
Haradh since early 2011
12
Humanitarian Outreach
• Humanitarian community is providing assistance in nearly
all conflict areas (UN, INGOs and NGOs).
• 60 international organizations, broad partnerships with local NGOs
13
Response
• Ongoing activities across the country, requirements now up
to about US$584.5 million for 11 clusters; $272.5 million
received as at 27 August 2012
• Partnerships with local organizations increased two-fold
since November 2011
• Abyan response plan formulated, $92 million needed. Critical
components include shelter, education, and protection
• Agencies closely working with Government to address the
issue of landmines and UXOs
• Efforts to support and protect vulnerable girls and women,
persons with special needs and the war affected
• Early Recovery and Rehabilitation projects started in the
North; agricultural services started in Sa’ada
14
Conclusion
• Broad range of support required, rapid and emergency interventions
most critical
• Overall cluster requirements increased by 27 percent at Mid-Year
2012
• Urgently need to assist all vulnerable populations including IDPs,
women, children, refugees, and food insecure populations
• Addressing humanitarian needs is a critical element towards Yemen’s
stability and long term development
• Humanitarian community able and ready to respond and expand
operations, if more funding is made available
15
Thank You
ً‫شكرا‬
16