Urgent: Feed 1,000 Families in Yemen

In Yemen, many displaced families continue to struggle every day just to find enough food. Years of conflict, economic collapse, and rising food prices have left millions without stable income or reliable access to basic necessities. In displacement sites, families often depend on irregular assistance, and many are forced to adopt harmful coping strategies such as skipping meals, reducing portion sizes, or prioritizing children over adults when food is scarce.

During recent field visits, our team met a mother living in a displacement site who shared that her family often survives on only one meal per day. With no stable income and limited access to livelihoods, she faces daily decisions between feeding her children, accessing healthcare, or meeting other essential needs. Her situation reflects that of thousands of families who are at high risk of hunger and malnutrition, particularly among children, pregnant women, and the elderly.

Through this project, Altwasul for Human Development aims to support the most vulnerable households by providing 1,000 life-saving food baskets, each designed to cover one month of essential food needs. These baskets will include staple items such as wheat flour, rice, beans, cooking oil, and sugar—ensuring families have access to nutritious and sufficient food. The intervention will target internally displaced families, female-headed households, and those with no or very limited sources of income, based on clear vulnerability criteria and community verification.

In addition to food distribution, the project is designed to ensure dignified and transparent assistance, including proper beneficiary registration, organized distribution processes, and post-distribution monitoring to ensure assistance reaches those most in need.

While we have initiated this project with strong commitment and readiness, it has so far received only $44.42 in donations, and these funds have not yet been transferred to our account. As a result, we are still waiting to begin the planned distributions.

Despite this delay, Altwasul has continued responding to urgent needs through other donor-funded interventions. Through these efforts, we have supported many vulnerable families with food assistance, livelihoods support, and essential services. These experiences reinforce the urgent and growing need for food assistance and demonstrate how timely support can immediately improve the lives of families in crisis.

We remain fully prepared to launch this project as soon as sufficient funding is available. Procurement plans, targeting criteria, and implementation arrangements are already in place, allowing us to begin distributions without delay once funds are secured.

The need is urgent, and families are still waiting. Every contribution—no matter how small—helps bring us closer to delivering food, restoring dignity, and providing hope to families facing extreme hardship.

We invite you to stand with these families. Your support can make a real and immediate difference.

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