UN OFFICIALS CALL FOR SUPPORT TO PROVIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE TO 10 MILLION YEMENIS AT RISK OF HUNGER

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Date: 12 Sep 2013 18:00:01 -0400
Subject: UN OFFICIALS CALL FOR SUPPORT TO PROVIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE TO
10 MILLION YEMENIS AT RISK OF HUNGER
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UN OFFICIALS CALL FOR SUPPORT TO PROVIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE TO 10 MILLION
YEMENIS AT RISK OF HUNGERNew York, Sep 12 2013 6:00PMTwo senior
United Nations officials today urged the international community to
scale up its financial support for chronically food-insecure Yemen,
where 10 million people are in need of assistance.

"Yemen is a country wracked by chronic poverty and underdevelopment,
and millions of Yemenis are struggling to cope,"
<"https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Documents/ERC%20Press%20Remarks%20on%20Yemen%2012%20Sept13.pdf">said
Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos.

"People need food, water, education and health care. But they also
want to know that there is investment to secure their future. We
urgently need more funding to help those in need."

More than 10 million people in Yemen – almost half the country's
population – are either hungry or on the edge of hunger with very high
rates of food insecurity. Child malnutrition rates are among the
highest in the world with close to half of Yemen's children under 5
years old – around 2 million children – suffering from stunting.

Following a visit to the country, Ms. Amos and the Executive Director
of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, called on
countries, particularly those in the Gulf region, to step up
humanitarian efforts in Yemen.

This year, WFP aims to provide almost 5 million people in 16
governorates with food assistance and is working to build community
resilience.

"WFP is providing life-saving food assistance to almost 5 million
Yemenis to break the intergenerational cycle of hunger,"
<"http://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-head-visits-yemen-amid-as-hunger-crisis-swells">said
Ms. Cousin. "We will continue this vital food assistance by improving
food security and nutrition but at the same time helping build
resilience of these communities. We are working to ensure families
themselves are able to take care of their food needs through food for
work, food for training and other income generating activities.

"We count on the support of our donors and the strong partnership with
the Government of Yemen to help communities free themselves from the
cycle of hunger."

During their visit, Ms. Amos and Ms. Cousin met senior Government
officials, to discuss humanitarian needs and the challenges facing the
country. They also met non-governmental organizations, women leaders,
humanitarian partners, and representatives of the donor community.

In addition, they travelled to the city of Hudeidah, where they saw
first-hand efforts to combat malnutrition and food insecurity. They
visited nutrition and health care clinics supported by WFP and the UN
Children's Fund (UNICEF), and saw the offloading of WFP food supplies
at the Hudeidah Port. They also visited the Al Mazraq camp in Harad,
where people displaced by the conflict in Sa'ada still live, and
visited a centre where stranded migrants from the Horn of Africa
receive assistance from the International Organization for Migration.

Yemen faces multiple humanitarian crises. Out of a population of 24
million, over half need some form of humanitarian aid. More than half
of the population does not have access to clean water and proper
sanitation, and one million children suffer from acute
malnutrition.Sep 12 2013 6:00PM
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