An Emerging Humanitarian Crisis – Save Yemen

Yemen is currently experiencing a disastrous crisis. Losses in Yemen are being incurred due to food shortages, conflict, and illnesses. Every ten minutes, a child younger than five dies due to a lack of nutrition, water, and medical care. There seems to be no relief in sight for the millions of Yemenis who are already among the most vulnerable.

A saying from the Prophet Muhammad (saw) goes something like,

“The best of men are the men of Yemen, belief is Yemeni, and I am Yemeni.” (Ahmad)

For decades, Yemen has been gripped by a crisis. Natural disasters, years of conflict, and poverty have decimated the region’s cattle and crops, leaving the people beg for relief. The parents will hear the children screaming from hunger until they die silently and they will have no power to stop it. Yemenis would be more likely to acquire cholera and diphtheria due to the unclean water and the healthcare system which is at the edge of collapse because of the civil war happening.

Yemenis are starving and do not have clean water, emergency supplies, and medical treatment. So you have to take immediate action. By contributing to their Save Yemen Appeal, you have the power to rescue lives.

Humanitarian Assistance is Urgently required for 24 million people

Because food is so limited, its price has soared. Many people are unable to look for work due to health issues and the nearly ruined infrastructure. Every day, Humanitarian Aid is the only thing keeping thousands of families alive.

The alarming rate of young lives being claimed by preventable childhood illnesses, acute dehydration, famine, malnutrition, and severe dehydration puts 12 million children at risk. From the moment of their birth, these youngsters have experienced nothing but the horrors of starvation and poverty.

The Role of Muslim Aid

Although it is a humongous problem, which is not solvable so easily, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is being fought by charitable organizations such as Muslim Aid which have been doing a great job in helping solve the crisis. Muslim Aid is one of the global relief and development agencies who have been playing role Yemen by providing emergence aid, health care, food assistance and livelihood programs to the most vulnerable community.

The critical function of Muslim Aid in Yemen is the provision of emergency food to the households that are in the most extreme degree of food insecurity. The food distribution program of Muslim Aid is aimed at making sure that the families have a chance to eat well-balanced diets, hence reducing malnutrition and starvation that mostly affect children.

Alongside providing food supplies, Muslim Aid also has healthcare programs aiming at delivering basic medical services to the people who lack such services. This means, for example, among others, providing hospitals and healthcare facilities with medical supplies, equipment and trained medical personnel for treating the sick and injured.

Additionally, the relief work of Muslim Aid is extended to the long-term sustainable projects that are designed for rebuilding communities and restoring the lives of people. With investing in the projects like agricultural development, water and sanitation infrastructure and vocational training, Muslim Aid is helping the Yemenis to regain their normal lives, and they will be able to create a stronger future for themselves and their families.

Families in Yemen can benefit even more from your donations

• Nutrition to sustain the frail bodies of malnourished children -rescuing them from the edge of death
• Supplying the people of Yemen with essentials including water, food, and medicine
• Providing opportunities for education in order to inspire optimism for the future

Donate generously to those whom the Prophet (peace be upon him) loved.

Answering the Call: Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen and the Role of Muslim Aid

The fact that the suffering of civilians in Yemen has been at stake for a long time now is what calls for a resolution. It is unthinkable that I be indifferent while millions around the world are suffering. On the joint path with the Muslim Aid organization, they are doing their humanitarian work in Yemen for those who are in pain and misery. Your support is indispensable and will, for instance, help to provide life saving aid and healthcare services as well as setting up long term solutions that can assist the reconstruction of the affected communities.

Donations, volunteering and becoming an aware citizen of everyone of them is what is needed to make a difference. Empowered by the devotion of humanity, they shall respond positively to the call of people in Yemen who are suffering the most. Do not delay and be a torch that burns in the midst of the worst of the fight. Let them each do their part to bring hope, healing, and humanity to the people of Yemen.