Sunday, 9 December 2012

Updates around Christmas Time!

The latest News is the Yemen Crisis!

Millions of people in Yemen are facing a severe humanitarian crisis, widespread hunger and chronic malnutrition.
Oxfam is providing emergency water and sanitation, and cash grants to some of the worst affected

The Situation in more detail
More than 10 million people in Yemen - almost half  the population - are suffering from a shortage of food. Millions of people have exhausted their ways of coping, and cannot afford to buy enough food for their families

 Yemen's political crisis last year increased hunger in the country as food and fuel prices surged. According to the UN, malnutrition rates in some parts of the country are alarming, with one in three children severely malnourished

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/emergency-response/yemen-crisis

What Oxfam is Doing
We are giving cash grants to help people buy food and water to feed their families. In Al Hodeidah we have distributed cash transfers to 100,000 people across 870 remote villages, and provided training on safe hygiene practices


What you can do
Get blogging
Spread the word, Talk about what is going on!!
Donate to Oxfam
Donate online

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