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Yemen: UNHCR Operational Update, 16 - 22 April 2021 Format Over 4 million internally displaced Over 80 per cent have been displaced for more than a year 28,224 individuals (4,704 families) newly displaced in 2021 Children and women represent up to 79 per cent of the total IDP population 127,666 refugees IDP Response UNHCR remains deeply concerned about the safety of civilians as the conflict intensifies in Marib governorate. Since the beginning of this year, an escalation of hostilities in Mari...

Search  None  20th Apr 2021 Only 26 hours of global military spending is enough to cover the $5.5 billion needed to help most at risk. A year on since the UN warned of “famines of biblical proportions”, rich donors have funded just 5 percent of the UN’s $7.8bn food security appeal for 2021. More than 200 NGOs published an open letter today calling upon all governments to urgently increase aid to stop over 34 million people, from being pushed to the brink of starvation this year. The $5....

Aid organisations call on governments to give a single day’s military spending to fight hunger Format Only 26 hours of global military spending is enough to cover the $5.5 billion needed to help most at risk A year on since the UN warned of “famines of biblical proportions”, rich donors have funded just 5 percent of the UN’s $7.8bn food security appeal for 2021. More than 250 NGOs published an open letter today calling upon all governments to urgently increase aid to stop over 34 millio...

More than 250 NGOs have urgently called on international governments to increase aid and save more than 34 million people on the brink of starvation this year. In an open letter (PDF) addressed to world leaders on Tuesday, groups working to fight against inequality said up to 270 million people are acutely food insecure with millions “teetering on the very edge of famine”. “The combined impacts of conflict, climate change and inequality, coupled with the COVID-19 crisis, have led to an ac...

FAO provides livestock inputs for rural families to sustain food production amidst soaring levels of food insecurity [EN/AR] Format The intervention is expected to safeguard livelihoods, enhance resilience of affected communities and promote early recovery 18 April 2021- Sana’a: The livestock sector in Yemen has been significantly affected by a conflict spanning six years, yet it is one of the remaining lifelines and income sources for the rural population. To increase the resilience of vulne...

• Prepare and implement medical operational action plan for MdM program in collaboration with coordination team • Develop and implement evaluation systems, supervise and monitor data collection processes and analyse the medical data on a regular basis and set up corrective measures in case of need • Develop and implement health surveillance system and give regular feedback on the contextual health situation • Supervise the medical teams (site visits or in remote) for monitoring the qual...

COVID-19 Movement Restrictions: Yemen Mobility Restriction Dashboard #23 (7 April 2021) Format 1,981 new cases – 251 new deaths | source: : WHO Updates on numbers of new cases in areas controlled by Sana’a DFA are not available. 1,358/ Non-Yemeni migrants arrived at southern governorates (Shabwah and Lahj). 04 IDP Households reported COVID-19 as the reason of displacement. So far, the total number of IDPs who have cited COVID-19 as the primary reason for displacement is 1,554 households (se...

Closing date for applications: 28/04/2021 “Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity” Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilitie...

Program/Project Management Job in Yemen about Coordination, Health and Protection and Human Rights, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from INTERSOS; closing on 22 Apr 2021

Duration of the mission: 6 months (renewable) Location: Position based in Al Mokha – West Coast / Yemen ABOUT THE MISSION SI opened its mission in Yemen in 2017, establishing its coordination in Aden. With the support of the Emergency DESK, SI mission was able to quickly acquire operational capacity, which was first deployed in Lahj Governorate, for implementation of WASH and Food Security Programming. Over the course of 2018, SI expanded the geographical scope of its intervention, and establ...