Yemen – Emergency Assistance and Livelihoods – Action Against Hunger 2016

March 2016 - The situation in Yemen has deteriorated dramatically since the conflict intensified in late March 2015. Deepening insecurity and violence have taken a heavy toll on civilian lives and have triggered large-scale internal displacement and cross border population movements. Humanitarian partners now estimate that 21.2 million people – or 82 per cent of the population – require some kind of humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs or protect their fundamental rights. Partners estimate that: 14.4 million people are food insecure including 7.6 million severely food insecure; 19.3 million people lack adequate access to clean water or sanitation; 14.1 million people lack sufficient access to healthcare; 3 million children and pregnant or lactating women require malnutrition treatment or preventive services; and 1.8 million children have been out of school since mid-March. Numerous health facilities have stopped functioning due to a lack of fuel supplies and personnel. In addition solid waste removal has come to a halt in several areas and service availability is rapidly contracting due to direct impact of conflict and insufficient resources to pay salaries or maintain services. There are over 2.3 million people who have been displaced in Yemen and an additional 121 000 people who have fled the country mainly to Djibouti Ethiopia Somalia and Sudan. With GAC’s support Action Against Hunger is providing essential relief items and livelihoods support for up to 10 500 vulnerable individuals in the governorates of Abyan Al Hudaydah and Lahj. Project activities include: (1) identifying the most vulnerable households; (2) distributing multi-purpose emergency cash assistance to the most vulnerable households; (3) providing livelihoods support; and (4) monitoring the assistance provided.

The expected immediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to essential relief items; and (2) increased access to interventions designed to promote greater self-sufficiency. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.