The ICRC in Yemen

The ICRC is helping civilians affected by conflict and other violence in several of Yemen’s governorates, where a difficult humanitarian situation has compounded the suffering of communities already affected by a weak economy and limited infrastructure.Having expanded its programmes significantly in both the north and the south over the past 12 months, the ICRC is now able to ensure assistance, health care, water supplies and income-generating opportunities for tens of thousands of Yemenis.

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Facts and Figures

As part of its activities in 2012, the ICRC:

distributed food to over 317,000 people and household items to 278,000 and supported income-generating initiatives that helped 900 returnee families;
ensured that almost 400,000 people had safe drinking water and delivered water by truck to over 30,000 people;
supported four orthopaedic centres, treating over 37,000 people with disabilities and trained 49 orthopaedic technicians and physiotherapists;
carried out repairs and rehabilitation to health facilities, supplied drugs and materials and deployed a surgical team who trained staff and carried out 70 operations;
visited nearly 5,400 detainees and helped detainees in Guantanamo and Afghanistan keep in touch with their families

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