WHO, partnered with Field Medical Foundation, have set up mobile clinics which specifically cater to the treatment of children between six months and five years of age in Aden, Lahj and Hadramout.
Approximately one million liters of fuel have been delivered to health facilities. In retaliation, Saleh supported a rebellion by Houthi rebels in late By January , President Hadi had lost power and immediately made for Saudi Arabia, where he currently lives in exile.
As the fighting continues, WHO and other organizations continue to make major efforts toward supporting Yemeni civilians caught up in the violence. Yemen has been through a whole lot in the past few years.
While political unrest has plagued the nation for years, in the recent months, the country has been dealing with ongoing airstrikes. At year-old, Hana is a youth assistant project manager for the Foundation for Peace project.
The project was founded in by the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere CARE , with the goal of teaching members of the community to effectively prevent and resolve conflicts. They focus on women and youth that typically do not have the opportunity to be influential or participate in dialogue.
So far, youth, women, and local community leaders have received training. In addition, CARE has provided 15 water tanks for poor neighborhoods. Many people in the country do not have nearby access to water sources and have to walk for miles every day.
The limited amount of water sometimes results in clashes within communities. In the past, wealthy business owners and merchants have paid for trucks to bring water to the poor.
However, the trucks wasted a lot of water since they did not offer an effective method of collection. To rectify this inefficiency, the water tanks that CARE installed are permanent. They allow for people to obtain water with ease and less conflict. Airstrikes and a naval blockade, however, have been preventing essential supplies, such as fuel and food, from reaching Yemen.
Because of the lack of fuel, prices have soared and the cost to ride the bus has doubled. Service has also become undependable and people have switched to riding bikes for transportation. The closure of many Yemeni schools poses another issue. Yemen has a very large population of young people and the majority of them are unemployed and out of school. This leaves them susceptible to recruitment into dangerous militant groups.
Women are fighting for the right to ride bicycles, which is traditionally not allowed in Yemen. They turn destroyed buildings and windows into art and paint messages of peace all over their cities. Young people are passionate about promoting peace and developing their nation. Young people are able to submit smart business ideas for a chance to make their ideas into an entrepreneurship opportunity.
But even without aid in the future, the youth hope to keep inspiring progress and peace. As one of the poorest countries in the Middle East, Yemen is currently faced with some of the most extreme poverty issues in the world.
There are several issues that are unique to Yemen that contribute to this magnitude of poverty, issues that are on track to only get worse unless direct action is taken to mitigate these circumstances. If basic problems, such as lack of access to water, are not properly addressed, other matters, such as sub-par literacy rates, will continue to plague the region and exacerbate poverty in Yemen.
Life expectancy in Yemen is 64 years old, 14 years younger than the average life expectancy in the United States. Major infectious diseases plaguing the country include Bacterial diarrhea, Typhoid fever, Dengue fever and Malaria, all of which are preventable, curable and in some cases largely unheard of anymore in the western world.
Tag Archive for: Poverty In Yemen. Yemen has become increasingly war-torn since , and as a result, poverty in Yemen has significantly increased. In , poverty in Yemen was at 45 percent. North Macedonia. Pacific Office. Papua New Guinea. Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People. Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau. Saudi Arabia. English Srpski.
Sierra Leone. South Africa. South Sudan. Sri Lanka. Viet Nam. Arab States. There are two internal conflicts in the country. The southern conflict is between the government and extremist religious groups called the Houthis. The north of Yemen faces a conflict between the government and Al Qaeda. This conflict has lasted for more than 10 years.
Government corruption and nepotism is also widespread, and government officials only elect relatives or those who are going to pay bribes. A lack of jobs even among graduates has forced young adults to the streets, leading to even more widespread poverty in Yemen.
Transportation is expensive and the poor road networks obstruct travel. The project finances the procurement of medical supplies, equipment, training, implementation expenses, and the rehabilitation and upgrading of existing health facilities, as well as deploying COVID vaccines.
The project target is nationwide but it specifically targets large communities with high risk of local transmission by strengthening surveillance and response capacity.
IDA grants have provided financing for critical service delivery as well as for preserving human capital and the capacity of national institutions. IDA assistance has targeted the poorest and most vulnerable Yemeni households and communities helping them cope with the impact of the crisis through income support, cash transfers, health and nutrition interventions, cholera response, and restoring agricultural production. The project has reached over , direct beneficiaries with wage employment; 5.
Over , mothers and children have received nutrition services. Nine microfinance institutions and over 5, microfinance clients have been supported. The last payment cycle completed in February , reached approximately 1. Over 2. More than 4. About health facilities that were not functioning before are now functional with EHNP support. This project helps with the implementation of the National Preparedness and Response Plan developed by Yemeni health authorities, WHO, and other partners.
To date, over 1, health workers have been trained on infection prevention and control, 32 isolation units and 6 central public health laboratories have been supported, and a monitoring and evaluation system has been established to monitor COVID response activities. Restoring services in urban areas, the World Bank has partnered with the United Nations Office for Project Services UNOPS and local institutions in conflict-affected cities, acting through the Integrated Urban Services Emergency Project to provide more than 3 million beneficiaries with access to critical services.
Up to now, the project has provided 2.
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