One thousand days of war in Yemen: thousands killed, tens of thousands wounded, and millions pushed towards famine.
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is entirely man-made, the result of three years of brutal violence and insidious tactics that continue to deprive millions of people of basic supplies and services.
A staggering 1.2 million civil servants haven't received
their salaries in more than a year, leaving health, education, and
sanitation services without the people and resources needed to keep them
running. Public infrastructure has been damaged and homes destroyed,
forcing more than three million to flee their homes, most with only what
they can carry. People living in congested conditions have too little
access to money, food, water and medicine.
Prices are up but purchasing power is down, forcing people
to make difficult choices with the few resources they have - water or
transport to hospital? Medicine or food?
Wednesday Dec 20,2017 marks 1,000 days since the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia began bombing rebel forces who seized the capital, Sanaa, and other territory during a lightning-quick offensive.
Today, the Saudi-led coalition's ongoing blockade on commercial fuel is choking a struggling population, and obstructions
from the Houthi rebel authorities within Yemen prevent what there is
from reaching people.
As a result, water pumps are switched off, hospital
generators stop running, the cost of transport is out of reach and 22.2
million people in Yemen now depend on humanitarian aid.
About 16 million people cannot access safe water or
healthcare, 4.5 million children are at risk of losing access to
education, 8.4 million Yemenis are close to starvation.
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