Yemenis in the Fourth Year From First Saudi Airstrikes
YemenExtra
SH.A.
People in Yemen are struggling to survive on dirty water and meagre portions of bread three years after a Saudi-led coalition carried out its first airstrike on the country in its war.
Families in remote areas said, they could only afford half a bag of wheat a month and had to walk three kilometres a few times a day to fetch untreated water from a well.
Several women talked about their situations they were struggling to make ends meet and had no money for supplies after their husbands had been killed in this war.
Since the war started the cost of food has skyrocketed. Rice is up 131 per cent, beans 92 per cent, vegetable oil 86 per cent and flour for making bread up 54 per cent. Over the same period the number of people going hungry increased by 68 per cent to almost 18 million people.
“Three years on from the eruption of this war, Yemen is teetering on the brink of famine. Families are facing a daily struggle just to get hold of the bare essentials like food and water,” Ms Fearon said.
“Three years of war is three years too many. Too many bombs have been dropped and shells fired, too many people have gone hungry, too many lives have been lost. All sides need to end this war.