In Crisis: Yemen Faces Another Humanitarian Tragedy as COVID-19 Numbers Rise

By Scoop Team On Jun 17, 2020

It’s no longer the time to raise awareness, it’s time to take action. Yemen is facing one of the most devastating humanitarian crisis in history. As the world faces the terrifying challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, Yemen is trying to survive a civil war, a cholera epidemic, a collapsed medical system, and deadly famines that threaten to extinguish an entire people. The numbers of infected cases are steadily increasing amid the scarcity of medical care, food, clean water, and shelter.

“The overall case fatality rate remains alarmingly high at just below 25 percent, nearly four times higher than the global average. All indications suggest that COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across the country,” said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a statement.

Moreover, The National Coronavirus Committee said official figures do not include densely populated provinces in northern Yemen, where Iran-backed Houthis suppress information about the pandemic. It is believed that the number of coronavirus deaths inside Houthi-controlled areas greatly exceeds those in government-controlled ones.

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PLEASE READ. ALL RESOURCES LINKED IN BIO. This is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. 80% of the country are in need of urgent assistance. Donate whatever you can, sign the petitions (most gov petitions were closed or rejected). Donations go a long way though, these charities are on the front line. I'd recommend ISLAMIC RELIEF (100% proceeds go to charity) if you're struggling to choose what charity to donate to, they're the most reputable. Islamic Relief regards this crisis with utmost importance and are very attached to the cause. I've tagged the charities so you can go directly to their page and site. Donate to the Yemen crisis specifically. The source for the stats are from Yemen Humanitarian Needs Overview 2019. I found them through an infographic on islamic-relief.org. I couldn't insert the infographic into the post because the image quality was poor, so I wrote them out instead. Please do what you can to help, this is so important. Also yes I forgot the C in emergency.

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According to Islamic Relief, an international aid agency that provides humanitarian relief and development programs in over 40 countries, there are over 24 million in need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen, more than 20 million are facing food insecurity, and more than 19 million are in need of basic healthcare.

The Islamic Relief is one of the organizations that you can donate to if you want to take action. You can also donate to Save The Children Organisation, MuslimHands.org, UNICEF Donate, and more.

WE SAID THIS: This is the time to take action!