{"id":13565,"date":"2017-03-01T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T21:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/?page_id=13565\/"},"modified":"2019-05-24T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:15:50","slug":"2017-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/crisis-relief-centre-old\/2017-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 East Africa &#038; Yemen Hunger Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extreme food insecurity, hunger, and famine have been concerns for parts of East Africa and Yemen for years, with parts of East Africa having officially declared a famine in February 2017. Since 2015, Yemen has been caught in a devastating civil conflict against militants which has destroyed much of its infrastructure, while blockades, landmines and other violence has made it difficult to transport and access food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, there are 15 million people still lacking food and facing drought in parts of East Africa \u2014 particularly in South Sudan, parts of Somalia and Ethiopia, where conflict and displacement continue to disrupt food security and livelihood. Since the famine, heavy rainfalls have led to floods causing further losses and damages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Yemen alone, over 8 million are on the verge of famine with almost 18 million lacking access to nutritious food. According to Save the Children, over 5 million children are at risk of starvation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the UNCHR, these crises are expected to persist beyond 2018 into 2019, and support is needed today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charities are raising funds to deliver immediate aid such as life-saving food and medical treatment to different areas hit by extreme hunger, while others are raising funds to support the over 11 million people who have been displaced as a result of the crises in these areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/09\/generation-million-yemeni-children-face-famine-180919054701532.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Killing a generation&#8217;: Five million Yemeni children face famine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvi.org\/east-africa-children-crisis\/publication\/east-africa-childrens-crisis-july-2018-appeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Africa Children&#8217;s Crisis July 2018 appeal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/08\/yemen-war-million-verge-starvation-180822084840002.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yemen war: More than eight million on verge of starvation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/south-sudan\/wfp-south-sudan-situation-report-226-20-august-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WFP South Sudan Situation Report #226, 20 August 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/somalia\/east-africa-key-message-update-august-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Africa Key Message Update, August 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extreme food insecurity, hunger, and famine have been concerns for parts of East Africa and Yemen for years, with parts of East Africa having officially &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/crisis-relief-centre-old\/2017-south-sudan\/\" id=\"canadahelp-blog-meta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":13404,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-crc-campaign.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13565","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"meta_description":"","use_toc_layout":false,"status":"Active","thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/Untitled-3-1.jpg","short_description":"In Yemen, over 8 million people are on the verge of famine, and in parts of East Africa, over 15 million people are still lacking food and facing drought.","primary_colour":"#5e2042","secondary_colour":"#fdb918","third_colour":"#fdb918","colour_of_headings_font":"#ffffff","font_colour_primary":"#ffffff","font_colour_secondary":"#000000","tag_campaign":"2017-South-Sudan","herospace":[{"background_image":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/hero-1.jpg","title":"East Africa & Yemen Hunger Crisis","content":"15 million people in parts of East Africa are dealing with extreme food insecurity and possible starvation and 8 million in Yemen are on the verge of starvation. Photo courtesy of AP Photo \/ Sam Mednick"}],"heading_for_crisis_overview":"CONFLICT, CLIMATE CHANGE, DROUGHT, DISPLACEMENT, AND OTHER FACTORS HAVE LEFT MILLIONS AT RISK OF STARVATION AND MANY MORE DEALING WITH MALNUTRITION.","bullets":[{"image":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/info-date.png","title":"February 20th, 2017","bullet_description":"UN agencies declare South Sudan under famine."},{"image":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/info-population.png","title":"5 MILLION","bullet_description":"Children in Yemen are facing famine."},{"image":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/media\/healthmedics_landed_needed.png","title":"COUNTRIES AFFECTED","bullet_description":"Burundi, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen."}],"donate_now_description":"<h2>Below is a list of Canadian charities raising funds to assist with relief efforts.<\/h2>\n<p>Click on the charity and then click DONATE to learn more about the charity&#8217;s relief efforts and to donate.\u00a0To filter charities by the scope of their charitable work in regards to the ongoing crisis, click\u00a0on the category buttons below. 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