Oxfam has expressed concerned at Yemen's increasing levels of humanitarian
need, and the level of funding and attention that it's getting.
Director of Oxfam in Yemen Colette Fearon has said relief efforts to stave off a food crisis are
severely underfunded, risking a major humanitarian crisis in one of the world's
poorest countries.
The appeal calls for some "half a billion dollars... to reach 3.7
million people," and these constitute only half the number of people the
humanitarian community in Yemen believe are actually in need of assistance,
said Fearon.
"People
for months now have been resorting to coping mechanisms, going to bed
hungry," said Fearon.
