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CERF Allocates Another $7 Million for Underfunded Emergency Situation in Yemen
1 October 2010: CERF allocates over $7 million to Yemen, in response to conflict, food insecurity, and nutrition related crises.
The World Food Programme (WFP) will receive $2.5 million for targeted emergency food support to vulnerable populations. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was allocated $1.4 million to increase access to quality education for children in northern Yemen, assist water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes for war-affected populations, and for emergency protective assistance for conflict-affected children from violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will use $1.2 million to provide protection, assistance, and emergency shelter for conflict-affected populations in northern Yemen. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been allocated $754,000 to support primary health care services for affected communities. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) will receive $642,000 for emergency WASH assistance programmes, and to replenish life-saving medical supplies in clinics and health facilities in affected regions. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will use $357,000 to provide livestock feed and veterinary drugs and medicines for internally displaced peoples (IDPs) and host families in northern Yemen. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been allocated $310,000 for the protection and psychosocial support of displaced women and girls, as well as emergency reproductive health services for IDP girls and women in conflict-affected areas.
The situation in Yemen is a complex mix of interlinked acute and chronic emergencies and needs. There are approximately 2.5 million vulnerable individuals who require humanitarian intervention. Continued conflict in the north and lack of sustained access to hundreds of thousands of IDPs, a significant refugee influx, and widespread and worrying levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, are the major challenges facing humanitarian organizations, challenges that show no signs of amelioration in the near to medium term.
[Last updated: 1 November 2010]
CERF Allocates $7 Million for Underfunded Emergency Situation in Yemen
2 March 2010: As part of its first round of underfunded allocations for 2010, CERF has allocated US$7 million for emergency projects in Yemen that will benefit 200,000 IDPs and 100,000 refugees.
The World Food Programme (WFP) will receive $3 million for protracted relief and recovery assistance for 100,000 refugees and food support for 215,000 people affected by high food prices. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will use $1.3 million for service delivery for 22,000 IDPs and the provision of shelter, non-food items, and camp coordination activities for 17,500 IDPs. Some $1.1 million will go to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the management of acute malnutrition in 9,500 children under age 5 and emergency water supply and hygiene assistance for 59,000 conflict affected people. Another $1.1 million has been allocated to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support primary health care services for 250,000 people. Some $33,000 has been allocated to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for emergency reproductive health response for 50,000 women. Finally, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) will receive $595,000 for emergency assistance for 1,750 vulnerable people.
Yemen is facing a grave humanitarian situation, due to the combined impacts of poverty, economic shocks, political strife, repeated armed conflicts, natural disasters, and influx of refugees. The $7 million CERF UFE allocation will be used to fill critical gaps in provision of assistance to conflict affected IDPs from the north, refugees in the south and food insecure populations.
[Last updated: 11 March 2010]
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