Jun 12, 2025 | Yemen Silently Starves
A DECADE OF HUNGER AND SUFFERING Mahmoud* lay dazed, trapped under a heap of twisted metal and concrete. He struggled to think clearly—was this his home, or at least what was left of it? Where were his wife and four children? Were they in this prison of rubble with...
Jun 27, 2024 | International Crisis
A sudden stroke brought a quick end to 60-year-old Sharad’s construction career, leaving him bedridden and without and income to support his family. After that, the family gained their income from a grain mill managed by his wife. However, when the grain mill...
Mar 20, 2024 | International Crisis
Grief washed over Afra* from Yemen as she prepared a meal for her four children. She knew the cooked leaves and roots would hardly quiet their hunger, but what choice did she have? She was a widow, her husband killed in 2021 by a stray artillery shell. Afra had sold...
Dec 22, 2023 | International Crisis
Fatima’s* husband passed away a few months ago. His death significantly increased the suffering of this Yemeni family, who had already struggled from years of war and their country’s collapsing economy. Now Fatima is alone to care for her family of thirteen. We are...
May 5, 2023 | International Crisis
Umair’s* income, earned by working as a mechanic in a vehicle maintenance shop, enabled him to provide for his wife, their five children, and his mother. Then a fire destroyed the shop, his only source of income. The stress of no longer being able to pay rent or...
