Islamic Relief Yemen

After three years of intense conflict 22.2 million people in Yemen need humanitarian aid to survive – more than in any other single country in the world.

The tragedy has reached epic proportions, with a child dying every 10 minutes from preventable causes like diarrhoea, breathing infections and malnutrition.

More than 2 million people are internally displaced, humanitarian access is difficult and the government has not been able to pay salaries.

Islamic Relief began working in Yemen in 1998 and registered an office there in 2003. The programme was significantly strengthened following the escalation of the conflict in March 2015.

We work in 19 of the country’s 22 governorates, delivering aid to many hard-to-reach areas. Our country office is in the capital, Sana’a, and we have eight sub-offices in Dhamar, Amran, Aden, Taiz, Hodeida, Saada, Maarib and Rymah.

Our emergency and development response, including food aid, water and sanitation, health care, orphan and child welfare and vocational training for young people, has benefitted millions of people over the last three years.

As one of the UN World Food Programme’s biggest partners, we are currently distributing more than 200,000 large food parcels to families in six governorates around Yemen.