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By 2021, UNHCR will need $ 271 million to provide life-saving protection and assistance to the most vulnerable internally displaced Yemenis, refugees and asylum-seekers. UNHCR will work with authorities, UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, internally displaced persons, host communities and refugees to assist up to 1.5 million displaced Yemenis and 140,000 refugees with cash, shelter, items. basic relief, health, education and other specialized services, anchoring their interventions. in its protection mandate.
UNHCR has warned that hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Yemenis are at increased risk of food insecurity as their livelihoods have been lost due to the combined effects of relentless violence and the COVID-19 pandemic and calls for urgent action to protect them from hunger. and famine. An estimated 13.5 million people are currently food insecure, despite ongoing humanitarian food assistance.
IDP Response
On December 6, UNHCR launched the second phase of its mask production project in Hudaydah. In the coming weeks, 10 women from the displaced, refugee and asylum seeker communities will produce 3,500 face masks. This pilot project aims to address the lack of livelihood opportunities and provide people with temporary income. UNHCR continues to explore opportunities to help displaced Yemenis, refugees and asylum seekers access livelihoods beyond pilot projects.
UNHCR and its partners provided protection and assistance to displaced families.
The activities led by the Community Centers and through community networks reached more than 2,245 families in the north.
Across the country, a total of more than 4,000 displaced families received cash to pay for rent, food, medical visits and the purchase of medicines. In the north, families also received help preparing for winter. About 3,000 displaced families received mattresses, blankets and jerry cans to help them cook, sleep, wash and clean. Approximately 300 newly displaced families in Marib also received family tents.
UNHCR and its partners continued to work with displaced communities to set up some 700 transitional shelters. Transitional shelters offer families who have been displaced for months and often years a longer-term solution tailored to withstand inclement weather. The shelters are produced by the communities themselves using locally available materials.
Refugee response
UNHCR completed the distribution of cash for nearly 400 refugees in the Kharaz refugee camp. In Kharaz, UNHCR uses cash interventions to provide protection and other services to the most vulnerable refugees, including survivors of gender-based violence, adoptive parents of unaccompanied children and other children at risk and families facing acute needs. Refugees receive between USD 80 and USD 200, depending on their needs and level of vulnerability.
UNHCR began distributing school kits to 2,800 primary school students and 400 primary school students in Sana’a. The distribution is part of a multi-year project that aims to provide access to education for refugee and asylum-seeking children, with a special focus on children who do not attend school. The project addresses the main barriers to education faced by children, including the cost of education and lack of resources.
