Updates

Highlights 2024 Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response: A Year in Review Key trends in 2024 2024 response highlights Impacts of underfunding: case studies 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan

HUMANITARIAN PARTNERS IN YEMEN SCALE UP CASH ASSISTANCE In recent years, cash and voucher assistance (CVA) has become an increasingly popular assistance modality in humanitarian action – and Yemen is...

HIGHLIGHTS Lack of funding has dire consequences for internally displaced people Mental health needs remain urgent across Yemen Local Partners Provide Critical Support for Yemen’s Most Vulnerable...

HIGHLIGHTS Situation Update: Cholera YHF support improves quality education and reopens doors for dropout children By foot, camel or donkey: RRM teams reaching those in need Climate crisis...

SITUATION OVERVIEW Heavy rainfall on the evening of 27 August led to dangerous flash floods in Milhan District of Al Mahwit Governorate. The rainfall affected at least nine subdistricts, causing...

SITUATION OVERVIEW Over the past weeks, torrential rains and widespread flooding damaged the homes and shelters of host communities and internally displaced persons (IDPs), with some beyond repair...

SITUATION OVERVIEW Starting in March, torrential rains and flooding hit Yemen, damaging infrastructure, destroying homes and shelters, and causing deaths and injuries. Devastating rains and flooding...

HIGHLIGHTS June shipwreck highlights need for safe migration pathways Supporting the most vulnerable households through YHF’s local partners Childhood interrupted: Nadia’s journey YHF visit to Taiz...

HIGHLIGHTS Building strength amid crisis: empowering displaced women in Yemen P 01 Community approaches to educational challenges: an inspiring model P 02 Fighting malnutrition in Lahj Governorate P...

HIGHLIGHTS Situation Update: Cholera P 01 Donors allocate over $790 million to support humanitarian needs in Yemen P 03 Supporting stranded migrants in Yemen P 03 Humanitarian partners work to...

HIGHLIGHTS UN and healthcare workers join efforts to reach over one million children with life-saving polio immunization P 01 Enhancing AAP in Yemen’s largest IDP site: a WASH case study P 04 OCHA’s...

HIGHLIGHTS The humanitarian community appeals for urgent support in 2024 to bring life-saving aid to millions P 01 2023 in review: a year of humanitarian needs and action P 02 YHF addresses dire...

HIGHLIGHTS Cholera cases across Yemen P 01 Leaving no one behind: people with disabilities in Yemen P 04 YHF mission highlights the criticality of longerterm approaches P 06 OCHA Yemen’s new Head of...

Highlights Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Like Measles Increasing in Yemen, First High-Level Mission to Raymah – One of Yemen’s Poorest and underserved Governorates Climate Change Intensifies Yemen’s...

HIGHLIGHTS In the aftermath of the cyclone, over 18,000 households are estimated to be affected, mainly in Al Maharah, followed by Hadramawt and Socotra governorates. Civilian homes and public...

HIGHLIGHTS Bracing for Winter: Aid Agencies Step up Winterisation Preparedness Efforts P 01 YHF: Supporting vital economic opportunities P 02 Championing Women’s Health: Dr. Sawsan’s Story of Courage...

HIGHLIGHTS • The restoration of electricity, communications, and the re-opening of roads is allowing teams to better assess the impact of Cyclone Tej that hit Yemen’s eastern coast on 23 and 24...

SITUATION OVERVIEW On 20 October, a depression formed over the Southwest Arabian Sea east-southeast of Socotra in Yemen. According to the international meteorological sources, the storm intensified...

HIGHLIGHTS Floods in Yemen: Impact, Humanitarian Response, and Ongoing Challenges P 02 Responding to climate-related needs P 03 Amid Ongoing Needs, Extensive Consultations to Inform Our Response P 04 ...

HIGHLIGHTS Underfunding exacerbates food insecurity and jeopardizes the humanitarian response in Yemen. P 01 UN completes the removal of oil from the decaying tanker of Safer. P 03 Unacceptable...