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The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains one of the largest in the world.
Today, at least 19.5 million people out of a population of 34.9 million are in urgent humanitarian need (UNOCHA, 2025).
Yemen was already the poorest country in the Middle East before the crisis escalated sharply over a decade ago, and since this time, its people have weathered the worst cholera outbreak in modern history, malnutritionand severe economic decline.
Families are going hungry, health systems are overwhelmed, and many families have been forced to flee their homes following armed conflict.
Cases of malnutrition among children are increasing in remote rural districts of Yemen.
Islamic Relief health and nutrition workers say they are seeing increasing numbers of malnourished children, with health centres receiving more patients than they have capacity for and some children dying from hunger.
More than 55% of Yemeni children under 5 years old are now reported to be suffering from serious malnourishment (Islamic Relief Worldwide, 2025).
The collapsed currency has pushed the price of basic necessities, such as bread, beyond the reach of many families, and Yemen is again teetering on the brink of famine.
children are acutely malnourished, and 1.2 million children are at risk of death without intervention. (UNICEF Yemen, 2024).
people face food insecurity, with 5.2 million experiencing severe hunger (WFP, February 2024)
of Yemen’s population lacks access to clean water and sanitation facilities. (UNICEF Yemen, January 2024)
Islamic Relief is currently on the ground in 17 of the country’s 22 governorates, delivering aid to many hard-to-reach areas. Our country office is in the capital, Sana’a, and we have eight sub-offices in Dhamar, Amran, Aden, Taiz, Hodeida, Saada, Maarib and Rymah.
With your support we have been able to:
Islamic Relief has been working in Yemen since 1998, delivering lifesaving aid and long-term support to communities devastated by war, hunger and poverty.
From distributing food and cash to supporting health services and providing clean water, your donations are helping us save lives every day.
Your donations are helping us provide support to families feeling the effects of hunger as they battle crisis in Yemen.
Islamic Relief supports more than 180 health centres and therapeutic feeding clinics in five governorates, providing free treatment to families who have nowhere else to turn.
Between February and June 2024, we also helped more than 124,000 people with urgent cash and food voucher assistance in hard-hit areas including Alzuhra and Alluhaya districts in the Hodaidah governorate.
Through your support, families affected by conflict had safe and dignified access to food through cash transfers.
One of the world’s poorest countries, Yemen now teeters on the brink of famine after years of conflict, economic downturn and shortfalls in humanitarian funding. Some 19.5 million people depend on urgent humanitarian aid to survive.
The tragedy has reached epic proportions, with a child dying every 10 minutes from preventable causes like diarrhoea, breathing infections and malnutrition. More than 4 million people are internally displaced and humanitarian access is difficult.
*Due to ongoing conflict, blockades and delays in food imports, the food prices in Yemen constantly fluctuate. At times food prices have more than doubled during the ongoing conflict which began in March 2015. Islamic Relief Yemen continues to provide life-saving aid to those most in need through its partnership work with international organisations such as the World Food Programme. We will regularly update price handles to reflect the current situation on the ground.