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7 July 2015, Sana'a: Bayt Mayad neighbourhood. Ali, 6 years old, stand in the rubble of what used to be his home. Four families used to live in this four-story house. It got completely destroyed on 13 June when a missile hit the house next door. A total of six missiles hit the area. Ali's family fled as soon as they heard the first missile hitting the neighbourhood. A number of civilians died and got injured that night. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

7 July 2015, Sana'a: Bayt Mayad neighbourhood. Abdallah Mohamed Al Qady and his son Ali, 6 years old, stand in what used to be the entrance of their home. Four families used to live in this four-story house. It got completely destroyed on 13 June when a missile hit the house next door. A total of six missiles hit the area. Abdallah's family fled as soon as they heard the first missile hitting the neighbourhood. A number of civilians died and got injured that night. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

7 July 2015, Sana'a: Bayt Mayad neighbourhood. On 13 June 2015, 6 missiles reportedly hit the area. Houses were destroyed and a number of civilians deaths and injuries were reported. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

15 June 2015 - Abdessalam, 15 years old, was wounded in the head and abdomen by anti-aircraft bullets in Sana’a. "I was in the street with two kids and my elder brother when the antiaircraft bullets fell back. We didn’t feel it until it came besides us and exploded. A fragment hit me here (in te head). And another one in my abdomen." He is being treated at Al Thawra hospital in Sana'a. Credit: OCHA/Charlotte Cans

15 June 2015 - Hussein, 5 years old, just spent four days in a coma and woke up in the morning. His father says: "A missile hit Harran area, in Damar, this missile came from the airstrike. He was on the balcony of the house. The blast threw him in the air. He fell down on his head, and we brought him to the hospital here. He has been in a coma until today. He just woke up this morning." Hussein is being treated at Al Thawra hospital in Sana'a. Credit: OCHA/Charlotte Cans

15 June 2015 - Damage from the shelling in the houses right next to Sabaeen hospital in Sana'a. Credit: OCHA/Charlotte Cans

Hajir, displaced Sana'a - school hosting some 200 displaced people, mostly from Saada governorate Credit: Charlotte Cans, 16 June 2015

17 June 2015 Non-food items distribution by UNICEF in a school hosting IDPs in Sana'a. Credit: OCHA/Charlotte Cans

Jamaa Mansour, 50 years old, Displaced from Saada Sana'a - school hosting some 200 displaced people, mostly from Saada governorate Credit: Charlotte Cans, 16 June 2015

17 June 2015 Ali Hassan and his daughter. Ali used to live on the Nuqum mountain. After their homes got destroyed by airstrikes, Ali and his family took refuge in this school in Sana'a. He is living there with dozens of other IDPs. Credit: OCHA/Charlotte Cans,

Mohand, 8 years old displaced from Saada Sana'a - school hosting some 200 displaced people, mostly from Saada governorate Credit: Charlotte Cans, 16 June 2015

The Obok refugee camp hosts hundreds of Yemeni families who have fled the conflict. Temperatures can reach 50 C during summer. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

17 June 2015, Sana'a: Imane is 9 months old and weighs 3 kg. She is treated for acute malnutrition at Al-Sabaeen hospital in Sana'a. "At the age of 4 months she stopped breasfeeding and her health started deteriorating", says Nassim, her mother. "Then she had diarrhea and vomiting, and I started taking her from one hospital to another". The number of acutely malnourished children could rise to 1,2 million by the end of 2015. Humanitarian and aid agencies estimate that 1,5 million children under 5 years old and pregnant or lactating women currently require life-saving nutrition services to treat acute malnutrition. Al-Sabaeen maternity and child hospital was established in 1988 with a capacity of 280 beds and 120 doctors, nurses and assistants both Yemenis and foreigners. It is supported by UNICEF. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

10 July 2015, Sana'a: Zubeir came to get water from this water point in Musaik, a neighbourhood of Sana'a. In this neighbourhood, more than 30,000 people In Musaik, a neighbourhood of Sana'a, more than 30,000 people are dependent on water distribution, according to GIZ, the German cooperation agency. Every day, three trucks of 3,000 liters each serve a few distribution points in the neighbourhood. The project is a cooperation between GIZ and UNICEF. Because of the commercial blockade and the lack of fuel, most water pumps are not able to function and people rely on water trucking. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

10 July 2015, Sana'a: Ajmati, 6 years old gets water from this water point in Musaik, a neighbourhood of Sana'a. In this neighbourhood, more than 30,000 people are dependent on water distribution, according to GIZ, the German cooperation agency. Every day, three trucks of 3,000 liters each serve a few distribution points in the neighbourhood. The project is a cooperation between GIZ and UNICEF. Because of the commercial blockade and the lack of fuel, most water pumps are not able to function and people rely on water trucking. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

10 July 2015, Sana'a: Zubeir (right) and his friend came to get water from this water point in Musaik, a neighbourhood of Sana'a. In this neighbourhood, more than 30,000 people are dependent on water distribution, according to GIZ, the German cooperation agency. Every day, three trucks of 3,000 liters each serve a few distribution points in the neighbourhood. The project is a cooperation between GIZ and UNICEF. Because of the commercial blockade and the lack of fuel, most water pumps are not able to function and people rely on water trucking. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

11 July 2015, Sana'a: Distribution of women and men dignity kits by UNFPA at a school in Sana'a hosting displaced people from Saada. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

11 July 2015, Sana'a: Children displaced from their homes in Saada, northern Yemen. They now lives with their relatives in this school in Sana'a. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

7 July 2015, Sana'a: Joumhouri hospital. Civilians injured by airstrikes are being treated in this hospital. This young man was wounded when a missile fell near his car. Lack of medicine and rooms. A doctor from the hospital says they receive between 10 and 15 new patients each day, and this sometimes goes up to 40. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

7 July 2015, Sana'a Houses destroyed by airstrikes. Credit: OCHA/ Charlotte Cans

KHAMIR IDP SETTLEMENT, AMRAN GOVERNORATE, YEMEN - 14 APRIL 2017. Ibtissam, 15, lives in a ragged tent with her 7 siblings, in an IDP settlement in Khamir, about 100 km north of the capital Sana'a. The settlement houses more than 400 internally displaced families. Ibtissam and her family fled here from the northern city of Saada. They have been living in this IDP settlement in Khamir ever since. Ibtissam and her siblings are among the more than 3 million people who have fled their homes in search for safety and security since the escalation of the conflict in 2015. ©UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

KHAMIR IDP SETTLEMENT, AMRAN GOVERNORATE, YEMEN - 14 APRIL 2017. Children carry water containers in the Khamir IDP settlement. The landowners recently turned off the main water supply, meaning residents have to trek long distances to fetch water. Today, half of Yemen’s population lacks clean water, sanitation and hygiene services. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

KHAMIR IDP SETTLEMENT, AMRAN GOVERNORATE, YEMEN - 14 APRIL 2017. Most of the 409 families who live in this settlement have been displaced multiple times. They fled here from Saada when the conflict escalated in 2015. There is no more water in the settlement. The landlords, unhappy to see these families occupying their lands for two years now, have reportedly damaged the only water point in the settlement. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

KHAMIR IDP SETTLEMENT, AMRAN GOVERNORATE, YEMEN - 14 APRIL 2017. A displaced family sits in their tent in the Khamir IDP settlement. The father, Ayoub Ali, is 25 years old and has four children with his wife Juma'a. He struggles to feed his family on a daily basis, and is forced to beg in a nearby town. An estimated 17 million people in Yemen, roughly 60 per cent of the total population, are currently food insecure. This represents a 33 per cent increase since late 2014. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

AN-NASSIRI VILLAGE, AL- DHAHI DISTRICT, YEMEN - 16 APRIL 2017. Women and girls in Yemen were already disadvantaged before the conflict, but now they have lost their protection mechanisms and become increasingly vulnerable to violence and abuse. Incidents of gender-based violence have increased by more than 63 per cent since the conflict escalated, with 2.6 million women at risk, according to UNFPA estimates from January 2017. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

AN-NASSIRI VILLAGE, YEMEN. 16 APRIL 2017. This 90-year-old woman has been blind for one year. People with disabilities face increased vulnerability in the crisis, including limited access to assistance and higher risks of abuse and violence. UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

AL HUDAYDAH, HAJJAH ROAD BRIDGE, YEMEN - 16 APRIL 2017. A man and his sons travel to collect water underneath a bridge that was hit by an airstrike in mid-2016. Parties to the conflict have attacked civilian targets and infrastructure, including 325 verified attacks on schools, health facilities, markets, roads and other sites. Credit: UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

PORT OF AL HUDAYDAH, YEMEN - 17 APRIL 2017. The cranes have been out of service since mid-2015, with little hope of repair anytime soon. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

AL THAWRA HOSPITAL, AL HUDAYDAH, YEMEN - 15 APRIL 2017. Kholod, aged 3, stands on a hospital bed shortly after having been admitted to the pediatric ward for treatment. She suffers from severe acute malnutrition. She is one of five children. Her father is a teacher in a local school but has not been paid in seven months. According to the latest UN figures, 462,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition in Yemen today, a nearly 200% increase since 2014. Due to a lack of revenue, 1.5 million civil servants have been sporadically paid over the past several months. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

AL THAWRA HOSPITAL, AL HUDAYDAH, YEMEN - 15 APRIL 2017. Saleh is four months old and suffers from severe acute malnutrition. He weighs 2.5 kg and was admitted to the hospital on April 14th. His 22-year-old mother Nora already has five children and was forcibly married at the age of 11. She had her first child when she 12 and a half years old. Among displaced families in Yemen, child marriage has become an increasingly common coping strategy. A 2016 thematic assessment by UNFPA and INTERSOS on child marriage found that a trend previously in decline is now soaring. According to the latest UN figures, 462,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition in Yemen today, a nearly 200% increase since 2014. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA

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