OCHA Report No. 6
Yemen
31 March 2010


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

This report covers the period between 20 February and 29 March. The next 
report will be issued on or around 29 April.

Key Points

- On 24 March, a high-level mission, made up of representatives of UN 
agencies, IOM and international and nongovernmental organisations 
(INGOs), visited Sa'ada City, at the invitation of the Governor of 
Sa'ada. The mission met IDPs in camps, held a meeting with the Governor 
of Sa'ada and the District Council to gain a better understanding of the 
situation and advocate unimpeded access to people in need of 
humanitarian assistance, and assessed the possibility of reopening the 
joint UN office in Sa'ada City.

- Although the ceasefire is holding, the situation remains fragile. 
Basic services in Sa'ada town are resuming. Some schools and hospitals 
have been reopened and electricity is connected for a few hours a day. 
However, available information suggests that the population remains in 
dire need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance. Therefore, humanitarian 
actors have finalised a joint Operational Plan outlining initial 
humanitarian intervention. The plan foresees the carrying out of joint 
rapid needs assessments and the subsequent design of medium-term 
response plans. In addition, it envisages the immediate delivery of 
basic assistance using readily available agencies' stocks. The 
Humanitarian Country is advocating for access in order to start 
implementing this plan.

- The 2010 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) remains underfunded 
at 19.9 percent (US$ 35 million). Due to the continued low level of 
funding, a number of agencies have had to significantly reduce their 
activities. In particular, since the beginning of March, food rations 
were reduced to 75 percent of standard monthly rations, 30 percent of 
targeted nutrition assistance beneficiaries were cut out from the 
programs, and the provision of essential healthcare services remains 
limited.

- A number of projects in the YHRP will be reviewed in April and, due to 
the growing needs and increase in beneficiaries since the YHRP was 
drafted in 2009, the total requested will increase.

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