Yemen
Displacement, 11 Feb 2022
| Allocation | $19,997,389 |
|---|---|
| Emergency type | Displacement |
| Window | Rapid Response |
| Recipient UN Agencies | IOM, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO |
| Group(s) of people targeted | Host communities, Returnees, Internally displaced persons, Other affected persons |
| People reached | 278,398 |
| Status | Report Available |
| Due dates | | |
| Allocation code | 22-RR-YEM-51296 |
| Title | Yemen RR Application Feb 2022 (Ma'rib conflict) |
Overview of the humanitarian situation
The situation in Yemen – already one of the world’s most significant humanitarian crises – continued to deteriorate amid a funding crisis hampering life-saving aid’s scale-up. Having endured six years of armed conflict and related violence alongside an economic blockade, Yemen’s people faced heightened food insecurity again. The latest analysis showed that, in 2021, 20.7 million people, two out of every three Yemenis, needed humanitarian and protection assistance. Of these, 12.1 million people were in acute need. Renewed hostilities since early September had significantly impacted civilians living in parts of Ma’rib, Shabwah and Al Bayda governorates, inducing casualties and displacement and restricting civilians’ movements and humanitarian assistance organizations’ access to people.
CERF-funded assistance
Under this allocation, the CERF funding enabled the continuation of response activities targeting displaced populations, primarily in and from Ma’rib. This allocation met the following operational objectives: 1) Enabling immediate response to the humanitarian needs of displaced people and likely to be displaced resulting from the recent escalation of conflict and moving frontlines in Ma’rib. The grant focused on water, sanitation and hygiene, shelter/NFIs, camp management, health, nutrition, protection, and RRM (the Rapid Response Mechanism), enabling emergency assistance to newly displaced people. 2) Enabling continuing scale-up of the response capacity of the humanitarian partners in Ma’rib through the provision of air transport, security, and operational support. One of the main obstacles to immediately mobilizing an adequate response was the limited partners’ presence on the ground. The CERF allocation allowed partners to scale up their footprint and presence by expanding UNHAS and enabling a safer working environment. The allocation reached a combined total of 278,398 affected people with activities in the following sectors: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Shelter, Camp Coordination, Health (including sexual and reproductive health), Nutrition, and Protection (including child protection, protection from gender-based violence and mine action). Part of the allocation was disbursed through cash and part of it was used to support the Rapid Response Mechanism in the country.
CERFs Strategic Added Value
CERF has enabled the implementing agencies to deliver a timely life-saving response, improve coordination, and attract funding from other sources as well.