WFP Reaches Out To Hungry Yemenis Despite Insecurity

Almost half of the population in Yemen was food-insecure even before the conflict, meaning that around 10 million people did not know where their next meal would come from. The United Nations estimates that the conflict has pushed many more Yemenis into hunger.

Before the upsurge in fighting began in March, WFP was assisting each month an average of 4 million vulnerable people in Yemen. Since 15 April, when the conflict broke out, WFP has delivered emergency food assistance to more than 1.7 million people struggling to survive in the hardest-hit parts of the country; almost two-thirds of them are women and children under 5.  Text transcript of this video