ICRC and Red Crescent aid displaced people in northern Yemen

8-10-2009 Photo Collection

The situation in northern Yemen has deteriorated dramatically in recent weeks, with tens of thousands forced to flee the conflict zones. To meet the most urgent needs, the ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent Society are distributing food and other essentials to thousands of displaced people and the families hosting them.

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Hawazat Hashed, 01.10.2009. Yemen Red Crescent staff distribute flour, oil, rice, beans, sugar and salt to 9,500 displaced persons.

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Hawazat Hashed, 01.10.2009. Yemen Red Crescent staff distribute flour, oil, rice, beans, sugar and salt to 9,500 displaced persons.

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Bani Sureym, 30.09.2009.Yemen Red Crescent staff distribute flour, oil, rice, beans, sugar and salt to 1,500 displaced persons.

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Al-Gubba, 30.09.2009. An elderly man carries a sack of food during a distribution organized by the ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent.

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Sa’ada governorate. These families were reluctant to leave their village of Farwan, Aal Uqab because of the miserable conditions other displaced persons were living in. However, the intensity of the fighting increased and they were forced to leave their houses.

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Bani Sureym, 30.09.2009. A Yemen Red Crescent worker prepares to distribute flour, oil, rice, beans, sugar and salt.

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Al-Gubba, 30.09.2009. A little boy who has had to flee the fighting grins as food is distributed to 4,000 displaced persons.

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Al-Gubba, 30.09.2009. Recipients of food distributed by the ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent.

Sa’ada governorate. Displaced people from the village of Farwan. The ICRC has provided them with food and other essentials.