Yemen
in focus

After eight years of armed conflict, violence and economic hardship have exhausted people's capacity to cope and brought all essential services close to their breaking point. With 70% of the population in Yemen reliant on humanitarian aid to survive and more than 80% of Yemenis living below the poverty line, the humanitarian situation is worsening.

The ICRC has been in Yemen since 1962, providing aid in collaboration with the Yemen Red Crescent Society. We notably support projects to improve health, water and sanitation in vulnerable communities; help people to become independent financially; organize the return of detainees; and support efforts to remove explosive remnants of war.