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Programa Alimentar Mundial

Yemen, Al-Mahweet, 21 June 2012

Food insecurity in Yemen has reached alarming levels, with almost five million people unable to produce or buy the food they need, according to the preliminary findings of a survey carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in cooperation with the Yemeni Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and UNICEF. “Hunger is on the increase in Yemen and rising food prices combined with conflict are taking their toll on many families,” said WFP’s Yemen Representative Lubna Alaman. WFP will be working with humanitarian partners on the ground to ensure that the immediate needs of the severely food insecure are met and calls for joint action to scale up assistance to the vulnerable Yemeni population.

Mohamed, 43, picks up the food ration for his family. This father of eight is a farmer but the harvest this season was poor so he was prioritized by WFP as one of the severely food insecure families. Yemeni farmers are facing the additional burden of a changing climate.

Photo: WFP/Abeer Etefa

Chega ao Iêmen primeiro navio com ajuda humanitária da ONU

Revista BrazilcomZ, 21 de julho de 2015

Um navio com ajuda humanitária da ONU atracou hoje no porto de Áden, o primeiro da organização a chegar à cidade do Sul do Iêmen desde o início do conflito há quase quatro meses, anunciou o governador. “É o primeiro navio da ONU que atraca em Áden para entregar ajudar …