Aid organisation in $1m Yemen pledge
AHUMANITARIAN aid organisation based in Cheadle has pledged an amazing one million dollars in aid for Yemen.
Mohammed Alousi, director of programmes at Human Appeal, made the pledge at an aid summit in Geneva which brought together governments and aid organisations in an attempt to alleviate the situation in Yemen – which the UN has described as ‘the world’s largest humanitarian crisis’.
The organisation has also announced that it will be providing emergency assistance to hospitalised children and their families at Al Jumhori Public Hospital in Sana’a, the largest city in Yemen.
Human Appeal will also supply medicines, equipment and nutritional supplies to the hospital, and plans to conduct renovation and maintenance works on the building.
Othman Moqbel, CEO at Human Appeal, said: “This commitment of $1 million (around £774,000) to the aid response, as well as our work in helping a hospital that is struggling to operate, shows that as Human Appeal grows into becoming one of the world’s leading humanitarian aid organisations our determination to save lives grows with us.
“The Al Jumhori Public Hospital is struggling to cope with the huge number of patients from the ongoing conflict, a severe lack of financial resources and lack of proper hygiene practices and supplies.
“Our work here will support the food and medical assistance we have already provided across Yemen since the conflict began in 2015.”
Earlier this year Human Appeal released an opinion poll showing that over half the UK public – 51 per cent – said they did not know that there was an ongoing internal conflict in Yemen.
According to Human Appeal over the past two years 44,000 people have been killed or injured and three million displaced by the conflict. An estimated 1,000 children are dying every week from preventable diseases like diarrhoea, malnutrition and respiratory tract infections.
Mr Moqbel added: “The crisis in Yemen has been forgotten about or ignored completely.
“We believe this is because the conflict has not generated a huge number of refugees coming to Europe and there is a misconception amongst the public that it’s only a regional crisis.”
For more information visit humanappeal.org. uk.