A Preventable War: Yemen in Crisis
Asalam alaykum loves, we made it through day 16 of Ramadan! We are getting through these days and they are flying by! What I noticed is that the thirst or hunger don't bother me, it is the exhaustion from staying up too late writing or reading, and I haven't been doing this but I am sure people who stay up all night in worship are exhausted ! May Allah reward you for sacrificing sleep to worship Allah and get closer to Him! Me, I need to get my priorities straight In Sha Allah!
Well today I want to continue to talk about and highlight situations in countries that need our support whether it be through prayer, donating to charities helping these places or putting pressure on our government to take political action to end the war and suffering.
Yemen is in a huge humanitarian crisis, 44 million Yemenis which amounts to 40% of the population is living in extreme poverty, 1.6 million children are suffering from malnutrition, 1/3 of these kids are school age and cannot attend school, and the war has cost the economy 89 billion USD. The United Nations have called it the worlds worst humanitarian crisis, the death toll has reached over 233,000 in the five years that the war has been raging on, partly due to lack of food and medical assistance. 140,000 of those deaths were children under age the five, with a child dying this year every 12 minutes.
Now there is blame all over the place for how this war started and who has been involved, Saudi and the UAE have had their hand in the attacks, fighting with the Houthi Rebels since 2015. The United Kingdom and the United States have also been involved in the war. Regardless, it is not about winning or fighting, it is about the people suffering and we have to figure out ways to create peace and help those who are negatively impacted by the aftermath of the war.
There has been efforts to seen aid, medical supplies and food but according to a recent CNN investigation the aid is not going to families in need. It is being stolen by soldiers and fighters who are intercepting the aid.
"Last year the World Food Programme publicly complained that about 1,200 metric tons of food was "diverted" -- diplomatic speak for "stolen" -- from families in the Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, in the previous August and September."
The saddest part of this situation is the innocent children affected, last month on April 20th , more than 15 children were killed and over 100 were injured by a blast and shrapnel that hit a school. The school shut down after this attack but weeks later reopened but many did not return. At least 1 in 5 schools is no longer in use due to the violence or being used for shelters or military bases. Teachers are having difficulty getting paid forcing them to find other types of jobs to make ends meet and children are too afraid to go to school.
Hospitals are also affected, shutting down due to lack of supplies, violence and no staff.
https://www.savethechildren.org/
https://help.rescue.org/donate/
https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/yemen/
http://irusa.org/yemen/
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/
https://www.care.org/
sources: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/
https://www.cnn.com/
https://www.voanews.com/
Well today I want to continue to talk about and highlight situations in countries that need our support whether it be through prayer, donating to charities helping these places or putting pressure on our government to take political action to end the war and suffering.
If you follow my social media: Snapchat: Muslimah127, Facebook: Sam Sanchez and Instagram: afrolatinax, I have talked about Yemen before and I will continue to do so as long as they are in need of help!
Yemen is in a huge humanitarian crisis, 44 million Yemenis which amounts to 40% of the population is living in extreme poverty, 1.6 million children are suffering from malnutrition, 1/3 of these kids are school age and cannot attend school, and the war has cost the economy 89 billion USD. The United Nations have called it the worlds worst humanitarian crisis, the death toll has reached over 233,000 in the five years that the war has been raging on, partly due to lack of food and medical assistance. 140,000 of those deaths were children under age the five, with a child dying this year every 12 minutes.
Now there is blame all over the place for how this war started and who has been involved, Saudi and the UAE have had their hand in the attacks, fighting with the Houthi Rebels since 2015. The United Kingdom and the United States have also been involved in the war. Regardless, it is not about winning or fighting, it is about the people suffering and we have to figure out ways to create peace and help those who are negatively impacted by the aftermath of the war.
There has been efforts to seen aid, medical supplies and food but according to a recent CNN investigation the aid is not going to families in need. It is being stolen by soldiers and fighters who are intercepting the aid.
"Last year the World Food Programme publicly complained that about 1,200 metric tons of food was "diverted" -- diplomatic speak for "stolen" -- from families in the Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, in the previous August and September."
The saddest part of this situation is the innocent children affected, last month on April 20th , more than 15 children were killed and over 100 were injured by a blast and shrapnel that hit a school. The school shut down after this attack but weeks later reopened but many did not return. At least 1 in 5 schools is no longer in use due to the violence or being used for shelters or military bases. Teachers are having difficulty getting paid forcing them to find other types of jobs to make ends meet and children are too afraid to go to school.
Hospitals are also affected, shutting down due to lack of supplies, violence and no staff.
Every 10 minutes a child in Yemen dies from a preventable cause, according to a recent UNICEF report.
If both sides that started this war could come to an understanding and put their weapons away for the sake of the civilians who are suffering. The kids should not have to have their growth stunted due to the lack of nutrition they receive and be afraid to get an education because of violence. Our children deserve a better future than this. We may not be able to control the war itself but we can send any donations of any amount to people who can hopefully get it to the people in need.
Charities for Yemen:
https://www.savethechildren.org/
https://help.rescue.org/donate/
https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/yemen/
http://irusa.org/yemen/
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/
https://www.care.org/
May Allah reward anything you give and grant the people of Yemen the aid and stop the war!
sources: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/
https://www.cnn.com/
https://www.voanews.com/
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