Yemen – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #11, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012

The revised plan requests $586 million in funding for the remainder of 2012, a 31 percent increase from the original YHRP. The plan targets six million people, with the U.N. Financial Tracking Service reporting that donors had provided more than $264 million as of August 14. The U.S. Government is the largest contributor to the appeal, providing more than 34 percent of international contributions to date. The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) provided nearly $9 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Yemen between mid-July and mid-August. The funding includes more than $7 million to support health, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) initiatives, $1 million to support humanitarian coordination and information management, and $750,000 for protection activities, including mine-risk education. To date in FY 2012, the U.S. Government has provided nearly $116.7 million in humanitarian assistance to Yemen, including more than $29 million from USAID/OFDA, nearly $67.9 million from USAID's Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP), and approximately $19.7 million from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM). The humanitarian situation in Yemen is complex, with more than 545,318 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 225,618 refugees in need of assistance. The conflict between the Republic of Yemen Government (RoYG) and al-Houthi opposition forces has affected more than 1 million people and has repeatedly displaced populations in northern Yemen. The RoYG regained effective control of Abyan Governorate in mid-June, but conflict displaced more than 45,000 households from Abyan since May 2011. The recent political instability and economic crisis have left as many as half of Yemen's 24 million people food insecure, with 22 percent or 5.3 million people severely food insecure. The humanitarian response in Yemen includes food security and nutrition activities, with USAID/FFP providing nearly $68 million in food vouchers and more than 58,000 metric tons of emergency food assistance to affected populations across Yemen. USAID/OFDA has also provided nearly $5.6 million to support nutrition activities. In addition, USAID/OFDA has provided funding to support health and WASH activities, including $1.1 million to Save the Children/U.S. to respond to increased humanitarian needs in Aden and Ta'izz governorates. The European Commission has also announced an increase in humanitarian funding to Yemen of approximately $24.6 million, bringing the total 2012 European Commission humanitarian assistance to Yemen to nearly $49.1 million.