Children in Yemen are living through the worst humanitarian crisis of our generation
Devastating conflict has left over 20 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Over half of these are children.
After seven long years of war, desperate families in Yemen are being forced to make agonising decisions.
Thousands of children, especially girls, are forced into marriage or work as families struggle to put food on the table. They miss out on school and an education to help their families survive.
It’s terrifying to think that this is the reality for so many young girls in Yemen. Torn from everything they know to marry a stranger when they’re still just a child, or put their lives at risk doing dangerous and backbreaking work is not a childhood.
We can’t let this happen to a whole generation of girls.
War Child are working around the clock to reach girls and their families before it’s too late. Our local staff are supporting families with basic essentials, so girls can stay in school and out of work.
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Help children like Almeda*
Almeda and her family had to flee their home as heavy bombing and armed attacks intensified near their village. Homeless and frightened with only the few belongings they could carry, Almeda and her family finally found shelter in a makeshift camp.
Already struggling to make ends meet, life got even harder for Almeda when her dad suffered from a serious accident. With her dad unable to work, eight year-old Almeda had no choice but to leave the safety of her family to find work.
Almeda should be going to school and playing with her friends, but instead she spends her days shifting through piles of rubbish, looking for plastic and metal to sell. She barely makes enough to feed her family.
You can make a difference
Our local staff found Almeda and her family and immediately helped them with basic necessities like food and clothing. Now Almeda’s mum is able to make enough money to look after the family and Almeda can go back to school and work towards a brighter future.
War Child are working around the clock to help families in Yemen get essentials they need to survive, so their children can stop working and go back to school. The money raised from this appeal will also mean we are able to provide catch-up education classes, apprenticeships and training for young people and their families, keeping children safe at home.
By tackling the root causes of poverty, families will be able to build financial stability so they can meet their families’ basic needs. This will mean they no longer need to turn to desperate measures, which put their children at risk, to survive.
But we can’t reach children in conflict zones without you.
What your gift could do
Your donations can help provide essential support for families and their children.
A gift today could:
- Help rehabilitate a local school with essentials like desks, chairs, schoolbooks and stationery
- Fund training for teachers as well as teacher assistants
- Provide families with cash relief to buy essentials like food and clothing
I’m grateful to War Child and I hope more children around us at the camp who work every day collecting scrap metal can join school, and that their parents find an alternative way to earn a living.Bushra, Almeda's Mum
