Yemen appeal

For over nine years, Yemen has endured one of the world's gravest and most protracted humanitarian crises—fuelled by relentless conflict, economic collapse, and a blockade that has devastated the lives of millions. As of early 2025, over 23.4 million people—nearly three-quarters of Yemen’s population—are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection. More than 12.9 million of them are innocent children.

Yemen is facing a full-blown hunger catastrophe. More than 17 million people are food insecure—millions surviving on less than one meal a day. 

According to UNICEF and the latest Humanitarian Response Plan, more than 2.4 million children under five years old are suffering from acute malnutrition, including 500,000 who are severely malnourished and at risk of dying without immediate treatment.

Years of conflict have decimated Yemen’s healthcare infrastructure. Over 50% of the country's health facilities are either non-functional or only partially operational. Critical shortages of essential medicines, equipment, and medical staff mean that preventable diseases such as cholera, diphtheria, measles, and malaria continue to surge.

In 2023 and 2024, Yemen faced the world's worst recorded cholera epidemic, with over 2.5 million suspected cases and thousands of deaths. In 2025, cholera outbreaks continue to spread, compounded by the lack of clean water and sanitation facilities.

Mothers are forced to watch their children die from treatable illnesses because they cannot access healthcare or afford medication.

The war has shattered not only homes and hospitals but also schools and futures. Over 2.7 million children are currently out of school. Classrooms have been bombed, occupied, or left in ruins. For those who can attend school, the learning environment is unsafe, overcrowded, and lacking basic materials.

Without intervention, Yemen risks losing an entire generation of children to conflict, hunger, and illiteracy.

With our wealth of experience working in areas that are undergoing or have been severely blighted by conflict, Human Relief Foundation has been working in the country's temporary capital, Aden for five years. Thanks to your donations, we're able to  regularly deliver vital food aid, medical care, education and shelter to those who are destitute, and work to find short and medium term solutions for the 4.5 million displaced who are without shelter and housing.