The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) announced that it is allocating US$ 18 million for the urgent needs of people affected by the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and to contribute to preventing famine and addressing rising levels of food insecurity.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement that in 2023, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen will affect 17.3 million people.
According to the statement, more than two-thirds of infants and young children under the age of two years are not appropriately nourished and cared for, which solidifies the ground for increasing acute and chronic malnutrition among children under the age of 5.
Yemen's humanitarian response continues to be severely underfunded, resulting in thousands of people being deprived of vital humanitarian assistance. To date, the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan is only 23.5 per cent funded..
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is one of the fastest and most effective ways to ensure that urgently needed humanitarian assistance reaches people caught up in crises.
The Fund, established by the General Assembly in 2005, aims to enable humanitarian responders to deliver life-saving assistance whenever and wherever crises strike.
Source: Qatar News Agency