Sunday, January 21, 2018

United Nations Seeks $3 Billion To Aid 13.1 Million People In Yemen

Relief Web: US$ 2.96 billion needed to provide life-saving assistance to 13.1 million people in Yemen in 2018

Sana’a, 21 January 2018 - The United Nations and humanitarian partners today launched the 2018 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP)which seeks US$2.96 billion to provide lifesaving assistance to 13.1 million people this year. This is the largest consolidated humanitarian appeal for Yemen ever launched.

Three years of escalated conflict have turned Yemen into the worst man-made humanitarian crisis of our time. Three quarters of the population – 22.2 million people – need humanitarian assistance, including 11.3 million people in acute need who urgently require assistance to survive.

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Update #1: UN appeals for $3B in aid to war-battered Yemen (FOX News/AP)
Update #2: UN appeals for $3 billion to save Yemen (The New Arab)

WNU Editor: This is as bad as it gets .... Humanitarian Response Plan Snapshot January-December 2018.

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