As the fighting in Yemen descends into chaos, 300,000 people have been forced to flee their homes—half of them in just the past week. An IRC aid worker reports from his home near the war-ravaged port city of Aden where he and his colleagues are delivering medication and supplies to its two main hospitals.
As the fighting in Yemen descends into chaos, 300,000 people have been forced to flee their homes—half of them in just the past week. The humanitarian crisis goes far beyond war: Over 10 million people were in need of critical aid including food and clean water prior to the recent violence. Yemen’s child malnutrition rates were extremely grave; ranking among the world’s worst.