The United Nations (UN) announced its need for funding of more than two billion dollars to support the humanitarian response plan in Yemen during the next year.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), in the funding appeal for next year, which it launched, on Wednesday, in 3 capitals (Kuwait, Geneva, and Nairobi), said that it needs an amount of 2.5 billion US dollars to support the humanitarian response plan in Yemen for the year 2025. .

The appeal added that Yemen, which has entered its tenth year of conflict, faces a severe humanitarian and protection crisis exacerbated by repeated economic shocks, weak basic services, climate risks, regional conflict, and chronic funding shortfalls, “and is expected to need an estimated 19.54 million people.” people to some form of humanitarian assistance and protection in 2025.”

OCHA indicated that the humanitarian response plan in Yemen for next year aims to meet the needs of 10.5 million people, and “will give priority to life-saving and sustainable activities, supported by prioritization, and this approach remains complementary to the United Nations Sustainable Development Framework, and efforts will also focus Humanitarian efforts to improve targeted interventions and response to address evolving needs, operational environment, and limited capabilities.”

The appeal explained that humanitarian needs in 2025 are expected to mirror those in 2024, barring significant new shocks. However, levels of fragility and severity vary across the country due to multiple shocks.

The UN office confirmed that living conditions will remain miserable for most Yemenis in 2025, as “food insecurity and malnutrition will remain high, and estimates indicate that 17 million people (49% of the population) will face severe food insecurity, with suffering... 5 million people in emergency situations. Acute malnutrition will affect about 3.5 million people, including more than 500,000 people suffering of severe acute malnutrition.

He added that the health system in Yemen is suffering from severe pressure, leaving millions without adequate care amid the outbreak of many diseases, and more than 16 million people will need protection assistance, in addition to 3.2 million school-age children (6-17 years old). Years) out of school, and climate-related shocks affected more than 1.3 million people in 2024, an increase of 68% from 2023.

The United Nations, during the global humanitarian overview event, launched an appeal to raise $47 billion to provide life-saving assistance to about 190 million people in 32 countries and nine regions hosting refugees around the world, during the year 2025.