Hungry Children - Yemen

Nearly half of Yemeni children under five are underweight, and some 58% grow up stunted due to a limited diet. What will become of this poverty-stricken state if the international community fails to act fast?

"Our daily life is not ok", Mariam struggles every day to find enough to feed her family; until recently a UN program gave wheat in exchange for schooling. But funding was cut, and now the girls must work or go hungry. The West is well aware of Yemen's reputation as a haven for Al-Qaeda, but what do we know of the human suffering? "The government of Yemen, at the risk of seeing its people die of hunger, refused to issue an appeal on account of national pride", economist Aryani explains that the wealthy in power are turning their backs on the growing number of hungry and poor. Decades of development work has been wiped away by the 'Triple F' crisis: soaring food prices, plunging fuel revenues, and the financial crisis drying up remittances of Yemenis abroad. As to the tense political situation; Giancarlo Cirri of the World Food Programme warns: "the destabilising role of hunger should not be underestimated". With a third of Yemen's 23 million population now despertae for food, aid is urgently needed to counteract this deadly spiral into poverty.

Hugh Macleod and Annasofie Flamand

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[cameronvcope]

@2010BusinessWoman

obviously education is necessary, but as you can see in the video, it is not possible without providing the basics of food and water

[cameronvcope]

@dromycatcher

Equal Education is a necessity but only an Equal Money system will be able to support this.

People must have their basic necessities covered first. (food, water, shelter)

check out DesteniProductions channel for more on an Equal Money system

[WarmongerWW3]

hahahahaha

[ScopedOUT2]

Yemen doesn't need food assistance, they just need to do two things:

#1 Stop planting Qaat and replace it with more productive plants

#2 Stop spending money on Qaat while your family starves

[deworld17]

can I take this movie for my own site ?

[avenue6w9]

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[Mscharnix]

@PhoenicianGoddess You have no idea what you are talking about. Sad really. Until yu have seen it for yourself, how the govt families are so rich, disgustingly rich, and the rest of Yemen is poor No jobs, no water, no electricity in that area. Please, tell me how he can work on his farm with no water? The govt needs to help make wells and irrigation. And education!

[Mscharnix]

@vilyaarda Actually sex education is a requirement in 9th grade in yemen, i taught it myself. It's a matter of actually getting the kids in school and keeping them there. Food for Education will do that.

[Mscharnix]

@vilyaarda Plus education helped them realize that having too many babies was bad for their health and they didn't even know about birth control before education.. Abortion is still illegal by the way. Thank God.

[Mscharnix]

Respond to this video... Notice that the man can't afford qat.

[Mscharnix]

@teaandcakeordeath They have been saying that for the past 20 years.