KSrelief's $25M contribution helps WFP reach nearly 50,000 families in Yemen

As more than 17 million people across Yemen faced hunger in 2025, a $25 million contribution from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) enabled the World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver emergency food assistance and livelihood support to some of the country’s most vulnerable families, according to a WFP announcement. The funding reached over 43,000 families in food-insecure areas of Ad Dali’ governorate and the West Coast with emergency food aid, while an additional 6,500 families in Hadramawt, Al Maharah, and Socotra received longer-term livelihood support through vocational training and asset creation. Yemen recorded its highest levels of food insecurity in 2025, with 70% of families unable to access adequate food in July alone.

The project also delivered tangible results for local food production: 1,208 acres of agricultural land were rehabilitated, 38,360 metres of irrigation channels repaired, and 26 greenhouses constructed — all aimed at building resilience against increasingly severe weather conditions. WFP Country Director in Yemen Elkhidir Daloum said “reaching nearly 50,000 families with either emergency food assistance or livelihood support is no small achievement,” adding that the partnership “made a tangible difference in the lives of people facing severe needs.” The combination of emergency and recovery interventions reflects WFP’s effort to move beyond short-term relief in one of the world’s most protracted humanitarian crises.

KSrelief has been one of WFP’s most consistent partners in Yemen, contributing more than $300 million to WFP operations in the country since 2020. That sustained commitment has helped keep Yemen’s food crisis from tipping into full-scale famine on multiple occasions. The latest contribution continues that pattern — targeting not just immediate hunger, but the underlying fragility of livelihoods and agricultural systems that leaves millions of Yemenis permanently on the edge of food insecurity.