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Finn Church Aid (FCA) has granted 100 000 euros from its relief fund to Yemen. After years of ongoing conflict, the water supply in the country has collapsed, and different waterborne diseases, including cholera, torment especially the vulnerable children and elderly.
FCA’s emergency assistance is channeled through a local partner to strengthen the water supply in Dhamar governorate, where the conflict has left over 200 000 people without water.
"Yemen has not been FCA’s program country, but we want to be part of the emergency relief as the needs in the country are massive. As a consequence of the prolonged crisis the needs are still growing and people suffer from famine, undernutrition and lack of potable water and health care,” says FCA’s Head of Humanitarian Assistance Eija Alajarva.
According to estimations, the cholera epidemic in Yemen is the largest in the world. The World Health Organization WHO estimates that there are over one million cases. With FCA’s support two water systems will be constructed to secure the water supply of 8 000 people in Dhamar. In addition, water committees will be created to manage the systems and control the quality of the water, and solar panels installed to pump the water.
Yemen was one of the poorest countries in the Middle East even before the conflict started in 2015. Years of war have destroyed the country, and the humanitarian crisis has worsened alarmingly during the year 2018 and this spring. According to the UN three quarters of the population of 30 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
