UNICEF: Millions of Yemeni Children Without Water

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Unicef has warned against attacks on water systems in Yemen in a statement.

”A large water facility in Sa’ada, northwest of the country, came under attack by the US-Saudi coalition warplanes this week. This is the third such attack on the same facility. More than half of the project is now damaged, cutting off 10,500 people from safe drinking water”.

The organization said it ”deplores in the strongest terms yet another attack on vital and lifesaving water systems in Yemen”.

”Continuous attacks on water systems in Yemen are cutting off children and their families from water; increasing the likelihood of water-borne diseases spreading in the war-torn country”, the organization also said.

It said that the war on Yemen has severly affected the water and sanitation system of the country, leaving 8.6 million children without access to drinking water, putting them at risk of illnesses including cholera and acute diarrhea.