MOAS #MISSIONOFHOPE YEMEN
In Yemen, we deliver life-saving famine relief aid, in the form of ready to use therapeutic food, and medical supplies, to our in-country partners who distribute them to communities in need.
The combination of the Covid pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine, over-stretched humanitarian funding, economic shocks, increasing global food prices and climate change are threatening to further exacerbate the already critical humanitarian context, and push 3.2 million people towards acute food insecurity in the country.
Yemen is experiencing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, where over 24 million people depend on humanitarian assistance.
Since the start of 2019, MOAS has extended operations to Yemen. In partnership with suppliers Edesia and Medeor, and with the support of our donors, MOAS has successfully delivered several tonnes of nutritional aid and medical supplies to our in-country partner, ADRA Yemen. Our partner has since coordinated the distribution of these deliveries across 48 health facilities in local governates of Yemen.
The famine relief products come in the form of calorie-dense bars specifically designed for children who are – or are at high risk of being – diagnosed as malnourished. With half of Yemen’s population currently at risk of famine and an estimated 2.2 million children aged 6-59 months acutely malnourished, these deliveries play a key part in preventing more unnecessary deaths.
Our medical shipments aim to deliver the pharmaceuticals and equipment hardest to procure in-country and most essential to providing medical care in the field. We continue to work closely with our partners to coordinate more aid deliveries to the region and to ensure the supplies are delivered where they are needed most so that vital healthcare centres can continue to operate and lack of access to food does not claim more lives as a result of malnutrition.
“The support from MOAS throughout the past years has been critical to the programming we do, especially for addressing malnutrition needs. We are very fortunate to have this support and partnership with MOAS, providing these nutrition materials and supplements to many of our health facilities on a very regular basis, and continually providing nutrition services including acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition.”
Mohammed Bahashwan, ADRA’s Director of USG Programs and Partnerships in Yemen.