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

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

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,

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.

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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