Save the Children Canada

Published purpose

March 2013 - Yemen is experiencing a serious humanitarian crisis, due to an ongoing drought, conflict and severe food insecurity. As a result, a third of the population needs umanitarian assistance, thirteen million people do not have access to safe drinking water, more than ten million people are food-insecure and more than 430,000 people are internally displaced. Children are particularly badly affected by the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and they suffer from high levels of disease and malnutrition. With Canada' support, Save the Children Canada is addressing the basic needs of approximately 38,700 food insecure and conflict-affected people, particularly women and children, in Hodeida and Hajjah governorates. Project activities include: the installation or rehabilitation of water points and latrines; conducting hygiene promotion activities; the provision of cash transfers to vulnerable households to meet their basic needs; and, cash grants to small farmers and skilled women to support the resumption of their livelihoods.