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Yemen: the year 2012 in pictures
30-01-2013 Photo gallery
A selection of photographs illustrating the humanitarian situation and activities carried out by the ICRC in 2012 for detainees, displaced people, wounded patients and others affected by the armed conflict or other violence in Yemen.
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Sana'a deportation centre for detained migrants. A 25-year-old woman from Ethiopia looks out the window. There were five Ethiopian women in the centre when this photo was taken, the youngest only 15 years old. The ICRC provides food and hygiene items on a monthly basis for around 150 detainees.
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Sana'a deportation centre for detained migrants. A 25-year-old woman from Ethiopia looks out the window. There were five Ethiopian women in the centre when this photo was taken, the youngest only 15 years old. The ICRC provides food and hygiene items on a monthly basis for around 150 detainees.
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ICRC staff, including a doctor, visit Sana'a's deportation centre for detained migrants regularly to check on the living conditions and treatment of the inmates. Apart from human contact, the visits offer detainees an opportunity to discuss their concerns confidentially. The ICRC can also facilitate contact with the migrants' families through the exchange of Red Cross messages.
© ICRC / C. Martin-Chico / ye-e-00814
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ICRC staff, including a doctor, visit Sana'a's deportation centre for detained migrants regularly to check on the living conditions and treatment of the inmates. Apart from human contact, the visits offer detainees an opportunity to discuss their concerns confidentially. The ICRC can also facilitate contact with the migrants' families through the exchange of Red Cross messages.
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Many migrants come to Yemen in search of work. Others are en route for Saudi Arabia or beyond. For the families back home, the money their relatives send back can make the difference between poverty and destitution. For the migrants who are detained, it can be a time of great distress and uncertainty.
© ICRC / C. Martin-Chico
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Many migrants come to Yemen in search of work. Others are en route for Saudi Arabia or beyond. For the families back home, the money their relatives send back can make the difference between poverty and destitution. For the migrants who are detained, it can be a time of great distress and uncertainty.
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Thousands of families became displaced from their villages during years of unrest and conflict in the north of Yemen. Since early 2012, security has improved enough to allow families to go home. Al-Jabanah camp, pictured here, has been closed. The ICRC has provided returnees with food rations and household items and helped them start income-generating activities.
© ICRC / C. Martin-Chico / ye-e-00830
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Thousands of families became displaced from their villages during years of unrest and conflict in the north of Yemen. Since early 2012, security has improved enough to allow families to go home. Al-Jabanah camp, pictured here, has been closed. The ICRC has provided returnees with food rations and household items and helped them start income-generating activities.
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Parts of Sa'ada's old town were badly damaged during years of conflict, and basic services and infrastructure destroyed. Now, as a measure of calm returns to the north, life is picking up again. The ICRC is helping with water projects, the provision of medical supplies to health centres, livelihood packages for returning families and animal vaccination campaigns.
© ICRC / C. Martin-Chico
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Parts of Sa'ada's old town were badly damaged during years of conflict, and basic services and infrastructure destroyed. Now, as a measure of calm returns to the north, life is picking up again. The ICRC is helping with water projects, the provision of medical supplies to health centres, livelihood packages for returning families and animal vaccination campaigns.
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ICRC staff regularly visit Shebani café in Sana'a to meet with Somali immigrants searching for missing relatives or trying to maintain contact with loved ones left behind. The immigrants are given the chance to send Red Cross messages, which are delivered to their families via the ICRC or through a network of national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
© ICRC / C. Martin-Chico
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ICRC staff regularly visit Shebani café in Sana'a to meet with Somali immigrants searching for missing relatives or trying to maintain contact with loved ones left behind. The immigrants are given the chance to send Red Cross messages, which are delivered to their families via the ICRC or through a network of national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
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A Somali national living in Sana'a receives a Red Cross message from his family. Nearly 3,000 Red Cross messages from Somali nationals were processed during 2012.
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A Somali national living in Sana'a receives a Red Cross message from his family. Nearly 3,000 Red Cross messages from Somali nationals were processed during 2012.
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In Al Qatat village, 10 km outside Sa'ada in northern Yemen, ICRC engineers built a water tower and installed a pump to improve villagers' access to clean water. The work, which was carried out in cooperation with the local water board, the governor and the Executive Council, benefits 1,650 people.
© ICRC / C. Martin-Chico / ye-e-00858
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In Al Qatat village, 10 km outside Sa'ada in northern Yemen, ICRC engineers built a water tower and installed a pump to improve villagers' access to clean water. The work, which was carried out in cooperation with the local water board, the governor and the Executive Council, benefits 1,650 people.
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In Yemen, water is becoming ever more scarce. Making sure that enough is available for human consumption, household use, crops and livestock, is a priority for both the ICRC and local water boards. Here, on the outskirts of Aden, families displaced by fighting collect water from ICRC-supplied water tanks until a more permanent solution can be found.
© ICRC/Getty / E. Ou / ye-e-00919
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In Yemen, water is becoming ever more scarce. Making sure that enough is available for human consumption, household use, crops and livestock, is a priority for both the ICRC and local water boards. Here, on the outskirts of Aden, families displaced by fighting collect water from ICRC-supplied water tanks until a more permanent solution can be found.
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An ICRC medical team in Al Niqab hospital in Aden operate on a patient with a gunshot wound. Clashes between militants and Yemeni armed forces escalated in the south during the first half of 2012, leaving civilians at risk of getting caught in the crossfire.
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An ICRC medical team in Al Niqab hospital in Aden operate on a patient with a gunshot wound. Clashes between militants and Yemeni armed forces escalated in the south during the first half of 2012, leaving civilians at risk of getting caught in the crossfire.
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Yemen Red Crescent volunteers trained in emergency response and rescue were on duty during demonstrations in various places in 2011 and 2012 to administer first aid and take the injured to hospital. In this picture, taken in Aden on 1 March 2012, volunteers monitor the situation during a demonstration.
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Yemen Red Crescent volunteers trained in emergency response and rescue were on duty during demonstrations in various places in 2011 and 2012 to administer first aid and take the injured to hospital. In this picture, taken in Aden on 1 March 2012, volunteers monitor the situation during a demonstration.
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Fighting between armed militants and the Yemeni armed forces drove tens of thousands of people from their homes in Abyan during 2012. Many of them took refuge in schools in safer areas and could do little but wait for the situation to calm down. The ICRC provided over 29,000 displaced families with emergency supplies of food and household essentials. Since this picture was taken in the spring of 2012, the situation in Abyan has improved, and many families are now returning home.
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Fighting between armed militants and the Yemeni armed forces drove tens of thousands of people from their homes in Abyan during 2012. Many of them took refuge in schools in safer areas and could do little but wait for the situation to calm down. The ICRC provided over 29,000 displaced families with emergency supplies of food and household essentials. Since this picture was taken in the spring of 2012, the situation in Abyan has improved, and many families are now returning home.
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The ICRC supports four government-run physical-rehabilitation centres in Yemen. The centre in Taiz admits an average of 300 patients each month. Many patients are victims of road accidents, others have stepped on landmines. The ICRC supplies tools and raw materials for making orthopaedic appliances, conducts training for orthopaedic technicians and physiotherapists, and sends Yemeni orthopaedic technicians to India for training.
© ICRC/Getty / E. Ou / ye-e-00870
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The ICRC supports four government-run physical-rehabilitation centres in Yemen. The centre in Taiz admits an average of 300 patients each month. Many patients are victims of road accidents, others have stepped on landmines. The ICRC supplies tools and raw materials for making orthopaedic appliances, conducts training for orthopaedic technicians and physiotherapists, and sends Yemeni orthopaedic technicians to India for training.
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Although many of the patients attending the four ICRC-supported physical-rehabilitation centres are amputees, children and adults with congenital deformities and other disabilities are also admitted. In this picture, an ICRC physiotherapist in Taiz helps a young child with cerebral palsy to do his exercises.
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Although many of the patients attending the four ICRC-supported physical-rehabilitation centres are amputees, children and adults with congenital deformities and other disabilities are also admitted. In this picture, an ICRC physiotherapist in Taiz helps a young child with cerebral palsy to do his exercises.
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A Yemen Red Crescent emergency response team in Aden brings an injured man to a nearby health-care facility. He was wounded in crossfire during a demonstration in March 2012. An ICRC delegate was also on the spot to provide support.
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A Yemen Red Crescent emergency response team in Aden brings an injured man to a nearby health-care facility. He was wounded in crossfire during a demonstration in March 2012. An ICRC delegate was also on the spot to provide support.
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