Yemen

The number of child casualties in Yemen jumped 70% in 2025, with an average of one child killed or injured every day

Three children are among 11 civilian casualties following an IED explosion in southern Yemen.

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This is a message from members of the Children’s Councils to world leaders to highlight one of the impacts of the conflict in Yemen on schools and education, and to stress the importance of implementing the Safe Schools Declaration, in the hope that this will lead to further action and support to protect children’s right to education.

Dr. Samiya*, 38, is a general practitioner who has been working in the Yemen humanitarian response since 2013, serving as a doctor in mobile clinics. She joined Save the Children in October 2023, becoming a case management medical doctor in February 2024 supporting injured children with appropriate medical care and support.

Recent data reveals that Yemen is now the world's third biggest food crisis, with half of its population facing hunger, and nearly half of all children under five suffering from chronic malnutrition. On World Food Day, international and national organizations in Yemen are calling for urgent action to address the escalating hunger crisis in the country.

As world leaders gather in New York for the 80th UN General Assembly, we, the undersigned humanitarian organizations working in Yemen, urge urgent and decisive action to address the worsening crisis in Yemen threatening to push millions of families past the brink of catastrophe. Yemen’s crisis has stripped people down to the most basic of needs – making every day a struggle for survival.

Today, the humanitarian community marks World Humanitarian Day, a time to recognize the vital role of aid workers and pay tribute to those who have lost or risked their lives in the course of duty. It is also an occasion to reflect on the plight of the millions of people around the world—including in Yemen—who are caught up in crises, and to reaffirm our shared responsibility to protect the humanitarian lifelines they depend on.

Save the Children's local partner in Yemen, The National Union for the Development of the Poor (NUDP), released a new report today exposing the devastating impact of poverty, discrimination, and displacement on the lives of Muhamasheen children in Yemen. Many of these children are denied education and forced into hazardous work to help their families’ survive.

The deaths of five children killed in Taiz in southwestern Yemen while playing football when unexploded ordnance (UXO) detonated has brought the number of child casualties of UXOs and landmines this year to at least 40.

Decades of repeated armed conflict since the early 1960s have left behind a deadly legacy of explosive ordnance in Yemen

Save the Children Yemen's Mohamed Manna shares his experiences as country director over the last year. He shares stories of the situation for children and their families in Yemen and the impact of recent foreign aid cuts.

We are extremely concerned about the reported referral to “criminal prosecution” by the Houthi de facto authorities of a significant number of arbitrarily detained colleagues.

Below is a joint statement from Save the Children, Oxfam and CARE International on our colleagues detained in Yemen for two months now.

INGOs have reiterated their concerns about the detention of about 18 members of UN entities and INGOs

Ali*, a ten-year-old survivor of a landmine explosion that tragically killed his sister, Amani, and severely injured him and his sister, Safaa, who has Down syndrome. This harrowing moment marked a profound change in Ali's young life, illustrating the devastating impact of explosive ordnance (EO) on children in Yemen.

One-third of families surveyed in Yemen have at least one child who has dropped out of school in the past two years

Two children have been killed and three others seriously injured in southern Yemen following a landmine explosion on Monday.

We, the undersigned 26 aid organisations operating in Yemen, express grave concern over the humanitarian impacts of the recent military escalation in

Save the Children joins more than 20 humanitarian organisations in Yemen voicing deep concern regarding the World Food Programme's suspension of food

Save the Children resumed its operations in Yemen today after a 10-day suspension following the death of a staff member in detention that led to calls

Humanitarian agencies call for immediate and independent investigation following death of Save the Children staff member in detention

NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF SAVE THE CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMES REMAIN SUSPENDED IN YEMEN FOLLOWING STAFF DEATH IN DETENTION

Save the Children said on Thursday it is devastated to confirm the death of a staff member who died in detention in Yemen and is calling an immediate

umanitarian aid in Yemen has been cut by 62% over five years, endangering the lives and futures of the country's most vulnerable people, especially ch

One child was killed or injured on average every two days in Yemen last year by landmines or other explosive devices, the highest rate in five years,

Jihad is from Taiz in Yemen, is a landmine survivor turned Psychosocial specialist volunteer for Save the Children in Yemen.

YEMEN'S MOST VULNERABLE LEFT BEHIND AS LESS THAN A THIRD OF $4.3 BLN RAISED TO AVERT HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE  

A release on lack of funds in Yemen and the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan.

The number of children needing humanitarian assistance rose more than 20% this year to 149 million, with Afghanistan then the DRC most severely impacted.

Escalation of the conflict in Ukraine expected to push number of children caught up in deadliest conflicts to unprecedented highs

Children in Yemen are demanding warring parties recommit to preventing attacks and violence against civilians this World Children’s Day, as the conflict escalates with an average of one child killed or injured every day this year, Save the Children said.

YEMEN: BOY KILLED IN SHELLING IN TAIZ AS CHILD DEATHS RISE POST TRUCE

Disappointment and concerns for a renewal of violence as Yemen's truce fails to be extended

Time running out for millions of people threatened by environmental 'ticking time bomb' off Yemen's coast

YEMEN: HOPES THE RENEWED TRUCE PAVES THE PATH FOR PERMANENT PEACE

YEMEN: LAST WEEK OF TRUCE SEES THE HIGHEST WEEKLY NUMBER OF CHILD CASUALTIES IN 2 YEARS

YEMEN: ONE CHILD KILLED AND ELEVEN INJURED IN SHELLING ON A PLAYSPACE IN TAIZ

Yemen: Explosive remnants of war the biggest killer of children since truce began

YEMEN: CHILDREN DEMAND PEACE AND RENEWAL OF TRUCE AS FIRST STEPS TOWARDS ENDING WAR

Yemen: Hopes that truce will give children much-needed respite from violence

Yemen: Seven years into conflict, 60% of children know someone who has been injured

Pledging Conference: World Leaders Fail Yemen’s Children for the Sixth Year

Yemen: Fuel crisis pushes sickest children to the brink

Yemen: January deadliest month since 2018 with one civilian killed or injured every hour

Yemen: at least three children among more than 60 killed as airstrikes down internet across the country

Yemen: More than 700 people killed or injured this year in Yemen regions covered by peace deal

YEMEN: Students among 29 people killed or injured as casualties surge in Marib

Yemen: shelling and airport attack lead to another unbearable day for children

Yemen: 60% of children whose school came under attack have not returned to education

Impunity given green light in Yemen as accountability mechanism rejected

Price hikes and currency freefall push Yemen’s children further into hunger – SAVE THE CHILDREN

YEMEN: Nine out of ten displaced children struggle to have food, water, schooling

Save the Children: ‘Saudi-led coalition gets a free pass to destroy children’s lives in Yemen yet again’

Almost 35 million children are on the run, they need the world's full support

Yemen: Tens of thousands of children denied access to education after a single month of attacks on schools

A day in the life: Mariam, Child Protection Manager, Yemen

Yemen: Six years of war, six stories of children

"A Better Yemen": Why Mubarak* Volunteers for Save the Children

A stark reminder that children and families are paying the heaviest price for this brutal war through no fault of their own

Children ‘pay the highest price’ in Yemen war, says Save the Children as seven injured while leaving school

Pledging conference: Yemenis let down once again

Further catastrophe looms for Yemen if funding cuts continue, aid organisations said

At least one child killed and two injured in artillery shelling in Taiz

YEMEN: Over two million children expected to go hungry or starve in 2021 - Save the Children

An End to U.S. Participation in the War in Yemen: “A Critical Step to Saving Children’s Lives”

“The ability to read is the best feeling in the world”

U.S. Terrorism Designation in Yemen Threatens Children’s Lives

MORE THAN 20,000 CHILDREN IN YEMEN FACING HUNGER AND STARVATION IN 2021, WARNS SAVE THE CHILDREN

Yemen: At least four children killed in artillery shelling in the city of Hodeida

Yemen: Child Casualties Skyrocket in Hodeidah and Taiz as World Leaders set to Meet

Severe food crisis could be death sentence for Yemeni children

SAVE THE CHILDREN’S STATEMENT ON THE FINDINGS OF THE GROUP OF EMINENT EXPERTS IN YEMEN REPORT

Seven children reported killed in Yemen airstrike – Save the Children

10 children killed in the last four days in Yemen

Statement in response to an airstrike in Hajjah, Yemen

YEMEN: Tens of thousands of severely malnourished children are left without treatment since March

Yemen: Thousands of children’s lives at risk as healthcare services plummet

Airstrikes in Yemen kill 13 civilians, four children

Yemen: Coronavirus outbreak fanned by soaring PPE and oxygen prices

Today the world abandoned Yemenis in their darkest hour

OVER FIVE MILLION YEMENIS AT RISK OF LOSING ACCESS TO FOOD AND CLEAN WATER AS CORONAVIRUS SPREADS IN YEMEN

Yemen: Deaths due to Covid-like symptoms surge in Aden as hospitals close

‘Worst fears confirmed as first COVID-19 case hits north of Yemen’

Save the Children: ‘Warring parties in Yemen could not even lay down weapons for two weeks’

First case of COVID-19 reported by authorities in Yemen

The legendary resilience of Yemen’s women faces a new test – the coronavirus

Response to Saudi-led coalition announcement of unilateral ceasefire in Yemen

More than 15 million children and their families in Yemen, Syria and Gaza set to face COVID-19 with fewer than 1,700 ventilators and beds

Five years of war in Yemen: more than half of children feel sad and depressed

Death of 30 civilians, including children, shows conflict in Yemen is not slowing down

Save the Children: The reopening of Sanaa airport for medical flights ‘a lifeline’ for thousands of children

At least 78 children died of Dengue related illness in Yemen

Stockholm one year on: 33 children killed or injured every month in deadliest Yemeni towns

Hunger crisis set to hit thousands of Yemeni children living in areas cut off from aid supplies

Fuel shortages deepen crisis in Yemen – Save the Children

Save the Children calls for investigation into killing of five children

Joint NGO Statement on Yemen – 74th UN General Assembly

STATEMENT: 'Time to bring killers of children in Yemen to justice'

‘People on the ground are terrified’ as violence escalates in Yemen

One year later, child-survivors describe gruelling battle to recover

YEMEN – At least 193 cholera related deaths reported amongst children

Children continue to pay heaviest price for brutal crisis Yemen

UK must cancel arms sales to Saudi Arabia after court ruling on arms sales

New figures reveal a hidden and heartbreaking cost of more than four years of war in Yemen, Save the Children is warning

Yemen cholera outbreak: 100,000 children infected since start of 2019

Save the Children staff describes scenes of devastation at school in Sanaa

A boy of just 8 years old was the youngest person killed in the bombing in Kitaf

Seven killed in bombing of save the children supported hospital in Yemen

1,000 children infected every day as Yemen cholera outbreak spikes

Every month 37 Yemeni children are killed or injured by foreign bombs

Yemeni children call our for peace

Horrified by reports of sexual abuse and bombing of children in Yemen