More than a million affected by the conflict in Sa'ada Governorate since 2004 with about 226,830 people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2013. In addition, there are about 15,000 to 25,000 stranded migrants living in and around Haradh and Sa'ada.

Insight & overview: 2012 Annual Report from DRC Horn of Africa & Yemen

Danish Refugee Council Horn of Africa & Yemen looks back at 2012 - a year that stands out in the history of the organisation. The 2012 Annual Report is offering new and detailed insight into programmes and activities in the region.

ACTED is conducting wide-ranging programmes in Yemen, covering all aspects of people’s daily lives to improve and re-build their livelihoods. ACTED has been mobilised to set up and implement cash grants, water, sanitation, health (WASH) as well as hygiene trainings and food security programmes. These projects have all been supported by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department.

From cash grants to income-generating activities

With an infusion of $20 million in new funding from USAID, gaps in Yemen’s political transition will be met sooner rather than later. With this funding, critical needs of the National Dialogue will be supported, a new biometric voter registration system will be put in place, and the Early Grade Reading program will be amplified.

Une stratégie unique qui englobe pour la première fois l’aide humanitaire, la coopération technique et financière, les mesures de politique économique et commerciale et la coopération avec les pays de l’Est : ce tournant important a été salué aussi bien par le Parlement que par l’opinion publique, soulignent le directeur de la DDC Martin Dahinden et Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch, Secrétaire d’Etat et directrice du SECO, dans le rapport annuel 2012 sur la coopération internationale de la Suisse qui vient de sortir de presse.

10 million people in Yemen need food aid, of whom about 5 million face acute food shortages; 6 million people do not have access to health care; and 1 million children are facing malnutrition, with some 150,000 of them facing the risk of death due to acute malnutrition.

Over 182,000 IDPs have returned so far, of which about 146,000 are in 11 districts of Abyan Governorate. About 322,444 IDPs continue to be displaced in the north (Sana’a included) and only 36,845 returnees to Sa’ada Governorate. Ethiopian migrants with the hope of crossing over to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continue to migrate into Yemen.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

• More than 87 percent of IDPs in southern Yemen have returned to areas of origin since July 2012 as a result of improved security conditions, according to the U.N. However, less than 11 percent of IDPs in northern Yemen have returned home due to protracted insecurity. A lack of basic services is an issue in both northern and southern areas.

HIGHLIGHTS

• A 7.8 earthquake hit South-Eastern Iran on 16 April, close to the border with Pakistan. The impact was felt in both countries, with 14 people killed, 73 injured and two missing.

• New and worsening humanitarian crises since 2011 have led to a considerable increase in CERF allocations to the MENA region. The largest recipients have been Pakistan, Syria and Yemen.