Yemen

Save the Children International fights for children every single day. We work alongside children in some of the toughest environments to ensure they survive, are protected when at risk, and have access to education. We believe every child deserves the opportunity to shape their future and contribute to a better world.In Yemen, Save the Children International invites qualified and experienced contractors to submit applications for prequalification for construction, rehabilitation works, and water scheme (WASH) projects in Aden and Taiz.

Save the Children fights for children every single day. We stand side by side with children in the toughest places to be a child. We do whatever it takes to make sure they survive, get protection when they’re in danger, and have the chance to learn. Because every child should be able to make their mark on the world and build a better future for us all. Save the Children International in Yemen is inviting submissions of tenders for: 3-Year FWA for warehouse rental & management Services in Aden.

Save the Children hosted a two-day Partnership Conference with 24 local partners to strengthen collaboration and advance its localization agenda. The event concluded with joint recommendations and actions to shift power to local actors, enhance our partnerships, and align strategies.

Since the UN truce in April 2022, at least 339 children have been killed due to shelling, gunfire, landmines and other explosive remnants of war, while a further 843 have been injured.

The conflict in the Middle East and wider region is obstructing key delivery routes for humanitarian supplies, delaying lifesaving medical shipments for at least 410,000 children in three countries, said Save the Children, warning the global impact will only grow.

Two children were among at least eight people killed when artillery shells hit an iftar gathering in Yemen in the single most deadly incident for civilians in the country so far this year.

13-year-old Nadin* was attending a wedding near the frontlines. When artillery shells hit the house where they were celebrating.

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.