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UNICEF in Need of $60 Million to Save 10 Million Children in Yemen

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The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed to reporters the urgent need to provide humanitarian aid to 10 million of Yemen’s children, who are suffering from a ravaging war.

The aid is estimated to be around $10 million, said UNICEF, noting that there are 300 thousand children who remain unschooled.

UNICEF noted a $60 million shortage of humanitarian funding that is supposed to be delivered to Yemeni children.

Spokesperson at UNICEF in Jordan Juliette Touma said during a phone call that the "UNICEF urges the international community to constantly support the humanitarian program, highlighting the urgent need for delivering aid to more than 18 million Syrian and Yemeni children in all conflict areas in the countries, at the borders, and in neighboring countries."

"More than $800 million are allocated for humanitarian aid for more than eight million Syrian children affected by the war, while there is a shortage in Yemen for about 10 million children who are in need for more than $60 million."

Touma confirmed that the international community is responding positively to these calls, but the UN is still facing great challenges with the urgent need for humanitarian aid at this time.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team