Aid organizations are making an urgent plea for funding to shore up their operations in war-torn
Yemen, saying they have already been forced to stop some of their work even as the
Coronavirus rips through the country.
“It’s almost impossible to look a family in the face, to look them in the eyes and say, ‘I’m sorry but the food that you need in order to survive we have to cut in half,’” Lise Grande, resident U.N. coordinator for Yemen, told The Associated Press.
The dwindling funds are the result of several factors, but among the top reasons is obstruction by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who control the capital, Sanaa, and other territories.