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Vatican City Council: Deteriorating conditions for children in Yemen News
11 November 2011

Vatican City Council: Deteriorating conditions for children in Yemen

The world is preoccupied with the political situation in Yemen, but a far more serious issue, though largely overlooked, is the humanitarian crisis. In this context, the Catholic news agency AsiaNews published a report repeatedly using the term “humanitarian catastrophe.” Among the alarming figures cited by UNICEF is a 40% drop in traditional childhood immunizations,Continue reading “Vatican City Council: Deteriorating conditions for children in Yemen”

The health problems of children in Yemen are worsening. News
1 November 2011

The health problems of children in Yemen are worsening.

Senior UN officials have warned that routine childhood immunization rates have dropped by 40 percent in some parts of Yemen, potentially leading to outbreaks of diseases like polio and measles. This reflects the increasing collapse of public services in the country, which is teetering on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF’s representativeContinue reading “The health problems of children in Yemen are worsening.”

The IDE Institute in Switzerland awards the Siyaj organization the title of “Organization of the Month” as a model organization in child protection in Yemen. News
Based on the report “Siyaj: Children of Yemen” within the UN Secretary-General’s report on armed conflicts 2009. غير مصنف
BBC reports: A pregnant woman (12 years old) and her unborn child died in Yemen during childbirth. غير مصنف
14 October 2009

BBC reports: A pregnant woman (12 years old) and her unborn child died in Yemen during childbirth.

Poverty, ignorance, and illiteracy are the causes of the crisis A 12-year-old girl and her unborn child died in Yemen due to a complicated childbirth, according to the child protection organization “Siyaj”. Siyaj stated that the girl, Fawzia Abdullah Youssef, who Forced into early marriage, a girl died on Friday in western Yemen from childbirthContinue reading “BBC reports: A pregnant woman (12 years old) and her unborn child died in Yemen during childbirth.”