In Yemen up 30 Kharkiv, 24 millions are in need of humanitarian aid. Of these 18 millions lack access to clean water and suffer from malnutrition. This information could be enough, continuously increasing since, quasi 5 years ago the war broke out to give the picture, tragic situation in the country.

Ma lo Yemen, in addition to being the most serious humanitarian crisis in the world according to the United Nations, holds another sad record, that of the most serious outbreak of cholera since the World Health Organization records the cases. At the end of August in Yemen, suspected cases of cholera have exceeded 2 million in less than three years, on average almost 80 hourly; 18 millions of people exposed to the risk of contagion, with 1 case his 4 that, since the start of the year, concerned children under 5 years.

Bombings from the air and clashes on the ground continue in the country, exploded during the summer also in the south of the country, causing between June and August the 54% of civilian casualties (dead and wounded) with the 79% of civilian homes affected. Since the beginning of the year alone, the budget has exceeded 700 civilians killed e 1.600 wounded, which add to the beyond 17 thousand officially registered between 2015 and the 2018. Even if some authoritative estimates speak of tens of thousands of civilian victims since the beginning of the crisis.

Because of the conflict in Yemen today 2 people on 3 they do not have access to health care basic and only half of the health facilities are functioning. The rest have been destroyed or badly damaged by the war. A desperate situation in which the first to pay the price are women and children, that in addition to being exposed to diseases such as cholera and diphtheria, represent more than 76% of internally displaced persons who have arrived at the beyond 3,6 million since March 2015

Since July 2015 Oxfam, together with local partners, helped more than 3 million people in nine governorates guaranteeing water, sanitation, food. In particular, we repair water networks, we carry out the disinfection of water sources with chlorine, we provide households with water purification equipment and distribute hygiene materials. But we are confronted daily with growing needs.

In the face of all this unfortunately, the Italian commitment and that of the international community is completely insufficient: Italy has allocated in 2018 It is in the 2019 just 5 million euros in aid, the equivalent of what a single humanitarian organization like Oxfam needs for two months of work in the country. At the same time, the UN response plan for this year is stalled at 52% than necessary, that is, they are still missing 2 There is talk of a figure well above.

Paul Perrati

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