Yemen
Economic Disruption, 20 May 2022
| Allocation | $20,000,624 |
|---|---|
| Emergency type | Economic Disruption |
| Window | Rapid Response |
| Recipient UN Agencies | FAO, IOM, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO |
| Group(s) of people targeted | Host communities, Internally displaced persons |
| People reached | 827,355 |
| Status | Report Available |
| Due dates | | |
| Allocation code | 22-RR-YEM-52742 |
| Title | Yemen RR Application May 2022 (Food Insecurity) |
Overview of the humanitarian situation
Following intense fighting in the first months of 2022, the political and conflict environment shifted significantly in April upon the announcement of a UN-brokered truce. Localized clashes continued in some areas, including in Taiz and Ad Dale’ and tensions had increased following the truce's expiry in November 2022. Apart from the conflict, the continued fragility of Yemen’s economy in 2022 exacerbated vulnerabilities among poor families, including as a result of depreciation of the Yemeni rial, macroeconomic instability, the de facto separation of economic institutions and issuance of competing monetary policies and decreasing household purchasing power. Being largely reliant on imported food and goods, Yemen is extremely vulnerable to fluctuations in global prices. The findings of the 2022 Multi-Cluster Location Assessment (MCLA) highlighted several types of vulnerabilities and the specific needs of vulnerable populations. Among population groups, migrants and refugees appeared more vulnerable because of lack of access to basic services and humanitarian assistance. Other vulnerable groups included female-headed households, single women, elderly, and child-headed households.
CERF-funded assistance
In response to the crisis, the ERC allocated $20 million on 14 April 2022 from CERF’s Rapid Response window for humanitarian action. This funding enabled UN agencies and partners to provide life-saving assistance to some 827,355 people, including 247,556 women, 98,161 men, 247,392 girls, 234,246 boys, and including 81,244 people with disabilities, in Nutrition, WASH, Health, Protection, Multi-purpose Cash and Food Security sectors targeting 13 districts in Hajjah, Hodeidah, and Taiz Governorates.
CERFs Strategic Added Value
This CERF grant has had a threefold impact. First, it has contributed to alleviate the suffering of the affected populations in IFRR (Integrated Famine Risk Reduction) priority districts in three Governorates (Hajjah, Hodeida and Taiz), which in addition to the grave food insecurity and acute malnutrition situation, have the highest concentration of internally displaced persons. Second, the CERF funding allowed fast and timely support to emergency interventions in the targeted districts, such as primary healthcare and child protection activities. Third, it enabled the continuation of critical lifesaving interventions and alleviated the effects of a sudden discontinuation of basic services, and a rapidly deteriorating security situation and economic crisis. The CERF allocation also improved coordination amongst the humanitarian community in the country operation and helped improve resource mobilization, resulting in increased funding, notably from the EU and Sweden.