1 Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen. Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) – Yemen Outline Scale of the Crisis Humanitarian Risks Challenges Humanitarian Outreach.

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Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) – Yemen

Outline• Scale of the Crisis

• Humanitarian Risks

• Challenges

• Humanitarian Outreach

• Response2

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.

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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

• 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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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 response capacity

• Violence against children, 159 killed in 2011 by landmines and UXOs

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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

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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

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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

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Humanitarian Outreach• Humanitarian community is 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, 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

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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

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