Enough food for our daily meals

With the hardship of life in many areas of Yemen, communities have been forced to leave their homes and their lives behind. They seek safety and refuge elsewhere, becoming vulnerable IDPs.

Ahmed and his family had to flee with broken hearts. Their lives became miserable. “Because of the increased prices of seeds and the hardship of farming in general, my family and I were forced to leave our home and village to look for another place to live. We decided to go to Amran governorate. Being jobless was hard for me and on top of all that, I wanted to enrol my daughter at school to have a better education, but I can’t afford to pay for her school in Amran.”

Ahmed has been looking for any kind of work to provide his family with the things they need and to pay the rent, but he searches in vain because of his age and sickness. “We used to live with the generous assistance of people in Amran,” he says.

Thankfully CARE intervened with a UNFPA-funded Rapid Response Mechanism kit. Ahmed’s family was given much-needed food like canned beans, tuna and oil. They received a hygiene kit containing 2kg of detergent, 20 soaps bars, two plastic containers of 20 litres, one plastic washing container and a 2.5-litre kettle. They also received cash assistance of 65,000 Yemeni Riyals.

“Thanks to CARE we now have enough food for our daily meals,” says Ahmed. “My daughter now receives a proper education at a private school and I can pay the monthly rent. I hope you can continue this programme so that I can furnish my room and buy medicine for my sickness.”