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Regional mixed migration summary for April 2013

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New Arrivals: In April 2013, an estimated 4,615 migrants arrived on Yemen’s shores via Djibouti, a 46% decrease from March. 80% of these migrants were Ethiopians while the rest were Somali.

Boats: A total of 66 vessels left via the Red Sea for Yemen carrying an average of 69 passengers per trip in the month of April.

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For Yemeni children, stopping the cycle of malnutrition

May 2013: Watch how Yemeni families are receiving treatment for their children's malnutrition.

SANA’A, Yemen, 21 May 2013 - Born just over a year apart, sisters Onood and Ohood Nassar Al Hajria may face very different futures. Ohood’s eyes shine and sparkle as she plays with her younger sibling. Slightly unsure, 3-year-old Onood looks up at her older sister for approval.

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World + 37 others
Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 13 - 21 May 2013

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

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World + 18 others
Managing acute malnutrition at scale - A review of donor and government financing arrangements (Network Paper Issue 75)

Introduction

This review is concerned with the financing arrangements for programmes that address acute malnutrition at scale through the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM). The CMAM approach is geared towards the early detection, treatment and counselling of moderately and severely acutely malnourished children, in the community, by community agents.

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Food Gets Girls In School In Yemen

Ali Mohamed Ghaleb’s five daughters give him a special interest in supporting the innovative Food For Girls’ Education Programme that WFP has been operating in Yemen since 2007. The 44-year-old retired military officer says it helps him keep them in school

SANA’A—Ali Mohamed Ghaleb heaves a 25-kilogram bag of wheat over his shoulder and says that without it, he'd have a hard time putting his five daughters through school.

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Somalia + 8 others
Somalia Fact Sheet - May 2013

Operation Highlights

Somalia is the country generating the third highest number of refugees in the world, after Afghanistan and Iraq. UNHCR leads protection and emergency relief interventions targeting 700,000 IDPs out of a total IDP population estimated at 1.1 million and over 2,300 refugees in Somalia.

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Khalifa Foundation distributes 17,000 food parcels to the poor in Sana'a

May 16, 2013 - 02:09 -

WAM SANA'A, May 16th, 2013 (WAM) -- The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KF) in Yemen has distributed 17,000 food parcels to poor Yemeni families in Sana'a.

The move is within the sixth stage of the Foundation's distribution of food assistance among the needy in implementation of the AED 500 million aid announced by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for Yemen.

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“Dramatic humanitarian situation” could erode political process, warns UN

Yemen’s chronic humanitarian crisis threatens to undermine recent moves towards political stability, warned the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Ismail OuldCheikh Ahmed.

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To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Yemen’s humanitarian crisis could threaten political gains, warns UN relief official

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UN News Service

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.

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World + 48 others
Global Food Security Update - Issue 10, May 2013

Food security levels are generally better than a year earlier in East Africa and the Sahel, with most areas facing either IPC phase 1 ‘minimal’ or phase 2 ‘stressed’ conditions, thanks to favorable agro-climatic conditions in 2012.

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ICRC confirms safe return of staff members [EN/AR]

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ICRC

ICRC News Release No. 13/94

Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – Three staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who had been held since the beginning of the week by armed individuals in the vicinity of Ja’ar, in Abyan governorate, are now safely back with their colleagues in Aden.

"We are relieved and extremely happy to have our colleagues back with us," said Cedric Schweizer, who heads the ICRC delegation in Yemen. "We would like to thank all those who gave us their support unconditionally with the aim of getting our colleagues back safe and sound."

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Battling food insecurity in rural communities

SANA’A [ACTED News] – A poor harvest in 2012 combined with fragile livelihood systems and food price volatility has contributed to increasing food insecurity in Yemen, affecting a staggering 46% of the population. In response to the crisis, ACTED has provided agricultural kits to 6,000 vulnerable households in Ibb, Raymah, and Ad Dhalee Governorates. This project is supported by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).

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Somalia + 4 others
Somalia: Humanitarian Snapshot, April 2013 | Issued on 14 May 2013 - Info graphic

Somalia’s main rainy season (Gu) began in mid March. While bringing relief to dry conditions, the intense rains have led to flooding, crop damage and displacements. Flash floods were reported in Baidoa and Jowhar and strong rains in the Ethiopian highlands led to increased water levels along the Juba and Shabelle rivers. River embankment openings and breakages have led to localized flooding. The most affected areas include parts of Middle and Lower Shabelle and Bay region.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Yemen: External Situation Report, 23 April – 06 May 2013 (EN/AR)

WFP continues its efforts to deliver food aid to five million people in a challenging operating environment. New funding will be needed by end-June to avoid supply problems.

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Somalia + 3 others
Somalia Crisis: Work Report 1

Situation Update