Yemen a year after the civil unrest – deeper humanitarian crisis compounded by chronic underdevelopment; challenging political transition and volatile security affecting access; aggravated socio-economic situation manifested by a collapse of basic social services and rising cost of living leading to greater disparities and inequity, and shrinking community resilience.
Children continue to bear the brunt of the crisis. They constitute half of the population.
UNICEF’s Approach – Multi-sectoral and integrated response ensuring strong linkages between life-saving, recovery and development; evidence based programmes and expansion of partnership with further investment in community based interventions; sustained advocacy at all levels.
UNICEF’s Focus – treatment of severely malnourished children and scaling-up an integrated approach to malnutrition, provision of WASH interventions and massive immunization, monitoring child rights violations and provision of protection, legal and medical services to affected children, ensuring alternative learning spaces to affected school children.
Total UNICEF Estimated Funding Requirements $ 80.7 Million (63 % increase from January 2012)