03-12-2012 Feature

Nur ed-Din is a slim-built, quiet-natured 17-year-old young man who looks to the future with great hope. He goes every day to the physical rehabilitation centre in the Yemeni city of Taiz to receive training while awaiting the final fitting of his prosthesis.

Executive Summary

Introduction

The tribes of Al-Zuriaka exist in hidden villages within the Al-Makatara mountainous ridge in Lahij governorate, in south Yemen. There, unprecedented physical impairments exist, ones that remain largely unseen.

In Al-Azraka village in Zurikat Al-Sham, there is a small cottage where Sharifa Mahyoob, 75, lives with her three daughters. Her daughters grew up disabled.

The family’s story was documented by the Ma'an Foundation for development, which paid a visit to Al-Azraka to distribute food aid and to conduct statistical analyses on the disabled.

"The general public is becoming ever more generous; over three million pounds has been raised for the packs – over one million pounds more than last year."

Islamic Relief has started its Ramadan Seasonal Programme, distributing over 100,000 food packs to over 25 countries around the world, including South Africa and Zimbabwe for the first time. The general public is becoming ever more generous; over three million pounds has been raised for the packs – over one million pounds more than last year.

By Sven G. Simonsen

SANA’A, Yemen, 12 July 2012 – Ten-year-old Ameed doesn’t enjoy leaving the house so much anymore, but today he has to. His father is taking him to the hospital. Two months ago, he stepped on a landmine, which destroyed one leg and maimed the other. Now, the pain has gotten worse.

With some luck, Ameed will get the chance to be fitted for a prosthetic leg so that when the remaining operations are done – doctors expect he will need three more to remove the metal fragments in his foot and his shoulder – he may be able to walk again.

Editorial

Conseil des droits de l'homme
COMMUNIQUÉ FINAL 23 mars 2012

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