Search DONATE MIDDLE EAST Yemen FRAGILITY RANKING 1st out of 178 countries + VIEW FRAGILE STATES INDEX Overview Once renowned as one of the world’s oldest centers of civilization, Yemen is now the site of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The country’s natural and archaeological treasures, including four UNESCO World Heritage Sites, have been largely destroyed by Yemen’s brutal civil war. However, these losses cannot compare to the unfathomable human suffering the Yemeni people have endured during four years of grinding conflict. Why is Yemen a fragile setting? What does Relief International do in Yemen? What are our teams seeing on the ground? + EXPAND ALL Our 2020 Impact in Yemen 43K households receiving monthly food assistance 540K healthcare consultations provided 216K people with improved access to safe drinking water and/or sanitation systems 5.4K people with increased income from economic opportunity programs Stories from Yemen Learn more about our work in Yemen from our staff and program participants. YEMEN Making sure people get the healthcare they urgently need Seven-month-old Saqr was diagnosed with acute malnutrition with complications when he was referred to Ma’abar hospital in North Yemen by one of Relief International’s (RI) Nutrition Assistants. + READ MORE PREVIOUS NEXT Making sure people get the healthcare they urgently need Behind the COVID-19 Outbreak in Yemen: War. Disease. Fear. Dangerous Delivery: The Reality of Pregnancy in Yemen Difficult Road: A Child’s Journey Out Of Malnutrition TIMELINE 2015 War breaks out in Yemen. Relief International delivers critical stores of blankets, mattresses, kitchen supplies, and more than 8,000 metric tons of food to families caught in the middle of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. PREVIOUS NEXT 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 DONATE TO RELIEF INTERNATIONAL Make a difference today Your gift to Relief International helps us provide life-saving healthcare, food aid and other critical services to those caught in the midst of some of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. This all starts with you. GIVE ONCE GIVE MONTHLY ENTER AN AMOUNT TO GIVE € EUR DONATE Stay Informed Sign up for email updates from Relief International SIGN UP OUR OFFICES Washington, D.C. London Lyon Press Office QUICK LINKS Work With Us Who We Are RI Connect login Newsletter Signup Annual and Financial Reports CONNECT WITH US ©2021 Relief International Terms of Service Privacy Statement Cookie Notice Data Protection Policy Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking A site by