SITUATION OVERVIEW Despite the difficult operational environment some 143 national and international humanitarian partners are actively coordinating to assist people with the most acute needs in priority districts across Yemen. An average of 7.4 million people were reached in September and October with emergency food assistance while more than half a million people received livelihoods support. At the end of October, the Humanitarian Plan was 61 per cent funded with significant funding imbalances among clusters. For more district level information on the humanitarian response please visit http://ochayemen.org/hrp-2017/en/response#districts KEY FIGURES Casualties 8,757 people killed 59,367 people injured Due to the high number of health facilities that are not functioning or partially functioning as a result of the conflict, these numbers are likely higher. Source: WHO (from 19 March 2015 to 15 October 2017) Displaced Population of Concern 3.0 million* (in millions) 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 Oct 16 Jan 17 Mar 17 May 17 Jul 17 Sep 17 Source: Protection Cluster (TFPM ** 16th report, Sep 2017) Cholera Crisis 945,362 suspected cases 2,211 related deaths 21 out of 22 governorates (305 out of 333 districts) have been affected. Source: WHO (from 27 April 2017 to 19 November 2017) Operational Presence 143 organizations and partners are currently working in Yemen. Protection Food Security and Agriculture People reached with sustained emergency food assistance (general food distribution, cash or voucher transfers) 8 Shelter/NFIs/CCCM Number of households assisted with non-food items 16,490 8 UN 7 6 10,550 Source: Clusters (as of October 2017) 35 INGO 100 NNGO (in millions) 5 4 3 2 1 0 7.7 7.1 7.7 5.7 5.7 4.9 5.3 3.9 3.0 3.6 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 6,171 5,710 6,463 895 1,6761,454 1,086 2,003 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Shelter/NFIs/CCCM Cluster (October 2017) FUNDING: 2017 YHRP as per Financial Tracking System (FTS) Emergency Employment & Community Rehabilitation Requirements by cluster (million $) Emergency Telecommunications 2.3 billion REQUESTED (US$) 61% FUNDED Per cent funded by cluster Funded million $ Sources: 2017 YHRP revision, 2017 PMR, Task Force on Population Movement (TFPM), WHO, Clusters, OCHA FTS (as of 14 December 2017). Unmet million $ 551.4 1.4 billion RECEIVED (US$) Contributions (million $) United Kingdom Germany ECHO/European Commission 96 Food Security 1,073.8 49% Not specified 87.8 522.4 77.9 & Agriculture 58.3 Others Saudi Arabia Health 430.4 33% 141.4 288.9 Japan 41.1 Canada 33.4 Sweden 27 CERF 25.6 WASH*** 271.2 35% 93.6 177.6 Norway Denmark 17.1 19.2 Netherlands 15.1 Nutrition 182.2 66% 120.5 61.7 Belgium 11.7 Australia 10 Switzerland 9.6 Shelter/NFIs/ CCCM 106.0 20% 21.0 84.9 Qatar 6.9 Private 5.9 UNICEF National Committees China 8.9 7 Yemen Humanitarian Fund 4.7 Refugees and 81.0 40% Migrants 33.1 47.9 Ireland 4.3 Italy Korea 3.9 3.5 Protection 72.2 34% 24.8 47.4 Finland 3.3 France 1.7 Luxembourg 1.1 Russian Federation 1.0 44.9 42% 18.9 26.0 IKEA Foundation 0.5 Austria 0.5 Hungar y 0.4 Education 36.5 19% 6.7 29.8 Czech Republic Malta 0.4 0.1 Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (2) 0.4 Logistics 19.5 186% Azerbaijan 0.1 36.2 - Arab Gulf Programme 0.1 Bulgaria 0.1 Concern Worldwide 0.04 Coordination 17.9 86% 15.5 2.4 Estonia 0.03 Kuwait 0.03 Slovenia 0.03 Lithuania 0.02 0.02 3.2 Andorra 15% 0.5 2.7 Cyprus 0.01 Holy See 0.005 Not yet specified n/a 328.9 n/a Sri Lanka 0.001 * Figures include people displaced by conflict and natural disasters and nearly one million returnees. (2) Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.v. (German Agro Action) ** Task Force on Population Movement (TFPM) is a technical working group of the Protection Cluster and co-led by IOM and UNHCR. *** Additional resources have been mobilized from non humanitarian donors to strengthen the cholera response which are currently not reported in FTS. Page 1 of 6 United States 477.7 181.8 181
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 1 2 3 4 Provide life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable people in Yemen through an effective, targeted response. Ensure that all assistance promotes the protection, safety and dignity of affected people, and is provided equitably to men, women, boys and girls. Support and preserve services and institutions essential to immediate humanitarian action and the promotion of livelihoods and resilience. Deliver a principled and coordinated humanitarian response that is accountable to and advocates effectively for the most vulnerable people in Yemen. FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE* 8.3 million Monthly cluster reach (1) (in millions) 7.1 7.7 Sep Oct (1) This includes monthly emergency food assistance and longer-term livelihoods support. For more information, contact: gordon.dudi@fao.org Online cluster dashboard: http://bit.ly/2fi7znb Improve household access to and availability of food for the most vulnerable people in Yemen, through emergency food and livelihoods assistance. An estimated 17.8 million people, 61 per cent of the Yemeni population are food insecure, with 8.4 million severely food insecure, necessitating urgent humanitarian assistance to save lives and protect livelihoods. This is due to restrictions and disruptions of imports, mass displacements, loss of income, fuel scarcity, disrupted market systems, high commodity prices, and the collapse of public services. The main challenge is low levels of funding (FSAC is only 49 per cent funded to date) Despite the difficult operational environment and limited funding, FSAC partners reached an average of 7.4 million people per month with regular emergency food assistance in September and October. Additionally, by the end of October, a cumulative total of 549,000 individuals had received emergency livelihoods assistance (agricultural, livestock & fisheries inputs), while around 211,000 persons received longer-term livelihoods asset support. Number of individuals provided with access to emergency agricultural, livestock or fishery inputs and assets Number of individuals that have access to income generation activities, livelihood skills development, and long term assets support 3,300,500 199,500 549,042 210,710 17% 106% WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE** 8.3 million (1) 108% People reached with safe reached water / targeted through water trucking 646.5 337.8 Sep 8.9 M (2) Oct For more information, contact: mbroekhuijsen@unicef.org Online cluster dashboard: http://bit.ly/2vbwjg7 * Food activities for Refugees and Migrants have reached 51,584 people. ** WASH activities for Refugees and Migrants have reached 21,679 people. Support the repair and maintenance of affected WASH systems, and direct provision of WASH services and items to affected people. As one of the worst cholera outbreaks in modern history continued to spread across Yemen, WASH partners have scaled up and reprogramming their activities to reach as many affected areas as possible with cholera WASH response activities. However, there is an urgent need to provide more structural and sustainable access to safe water and sanitation in urban and rural cholera hotspots, in order to bring down the cases and prevent an upsurge in coming months. 0 20 40 60 80 100 In the last months, most of WASH activities have focused on the cholera response. This has impacted some of the planned response to combat malnutrition and provide WASH services to IDPs. There has been an increased focus on supporting sanitation services, large scale treatment of water supplies and distribution of soap and hygiene promotion. This has resulted in lower achievement of basic hygiene kit distribution to IDPs and construction of emergency latrines for IDPs. The number of has significantly increased since the last reporting period and is now exceeding the target. This is because response had to be scaled up due to the severity of the cholera outbreak. (1) In addition to the 8.3 million targeted, 6.7 million are targeted to be reaached through a nationwide cholera awareness campaign, including household level awareness raising and provision of soap a nd oral rehydration salts. (2) Additional resources have been mobilized from non humanitarian donors to strengthen the cholera response which are currently not reported in FTS. This has resulted in higher results as compared to the funding status. Page 2 of 6
# of population served with rehabilitation of public water systems # of individuals with access to latrines (through construction, de-sludging, or rehabilitation of latrines) 2,926,783 640,949 # of individuals provided with standard basic hygiene kit 1,379,678 1,864,215 142,081 470,343 22% 34% 64% HEALTH* 10.4 million 43% 4.5 M 829 Men 1,625 Women 1,118 Boys 935 Girls For more information, contact: abouzeida@who.int Online cluster dashboard: http://bit.ly/2v8u5ed Provide comprehensive essential and life-saving healthcare services including early detection and control of outbreaks to affected and vulnerable populations; reinforce health system and strengthen resilience, livelihoods, and early recovery activities. There continue to be a lack of staff salaries, and shortages of energy and other resources in health facilities; cholera has resulted in more than 900,000 cases and more than 2,200 death; and an outbreak of diphtheria with more than 10 deaths. Primary care services coverage and quality have remained low due to health facility dysfunctionality (50 per cent non-functional as per HeRAMS), restricted access in some locations, lack of essential and NCD medicines/supplies and prolonged import restrictions. During October 2017 the Health Cluster reached 968,468 beneficiaries, totaling 4.5 million overall beneficiaries since Jan 2017 with 33 per cent funding of the YHRP 2017. The Health Cluster has reached 20,300 with trauma care 146,011 with reproductive health services; and 406,299 benefited from essential medicines and drugs. Number of affected population reached with support to reproductive health services and new born care 1,097,748 438,359 40% Number of consultations for communicable disease 5,933,772 1,190,664 20% Number of injured people treated 35,603 35,856 101% Number of population covered with provision of essential and live-saving medicine including NCD 8,900,658 2,842,618 32% NUTRITION 2.4 million Revised 44% 1.1 M 130.0 Women 449.5 Boys 479.6 Girls For more information, contact: aziolkovska@unicef.org Online cluster dashboard: http://bit.ly/2wwzqtl Provide lifesaving nutrition assistance to boys, girls and Pregnant or Lactating Women (PLW) with acute malnutrition, as well as infant and young child feeding, counselling and malnutrition prevention. Almost four million people require nutrition assistance in Yemen in 2017, including about 385,842 children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), 1.8 million children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and 1.1 million PLW with acute malnutrition. Scaling up nutrition programmes remains a challenge due to limited funding and security constraints, as well as damaged health facilities and partner capacity. In 2017 to date, 126,220 children with SAM, 205,206 children with MAM and 129,922 PLW with acute malnutrition were admitted for treatment. In addition, 88,644 children received Blanket Supplementary Feeding (BSFP), 232,872 children received micronutrient powders, and 338,325 Women receiving IYCF counselling. Number of children (aged 6-59 months) treated for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) 323,218 167,340 52% Number of children (aged 6-59 months) treated for Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) 1,067,533 205,206 19% Number of Pregnant or Lactating Women (PLW) treated for acute malnutrition Number of children (aged 6-24 months) receiving micronutrient Pregnant or Lactating Women 643,632 129,922 supplementation 584,524 232,872 20% 40% * Health activities for Refugees and Migrants have reached 93,580 people. Page 3 of 6
SHELTER/NFIs/CCCM* 2.2 million people targeted 31% 0.7 M people reached 161.9 Men 175.6 Women 174.5 Boys 172.8 Girls For more information, contact: campbelc@unhcr.org Online cluster dashboard: http://bit.ly/2ufsuhq Provide life-saving and life-sustaining shelter solutions and non-food items to the most vulnerable in liveable and dignified settings. The key needs include: enhanced emergency shelter kits (EESK) for those newly displaced; Longer term shelter approach for IDPs in protracted displacement situations including cash for rent linked to a livelihood activities, transitional shelter and relocation of schools; winterization support (including cash assistance); site management activities including managing sites and ensuring the IDP self-management structures are in place; and emergency return/rehabilitation assistance. During September to October, 42,843 people were provided with NFIs cash or in-kind distributions; 9,798 people were assisted with in-kind or cash for emergency shelter kits/materials; 7,077 people benifted from the support of cash for rental subsidies; 500 houses were rehabilitated/ upgraded through cash grants; and 90 IDPs hosting sites were covered through the CCCM baseline assessment. Number of households assisted with Non-Food Items Households 151,973 68,478 45% Number of households assisted with Emergency Shelter Households 123,299 17,819 14% Number of houses rehabilitated/reconstructed Houses 9,040 2,081 23% Number of households assisted with return kits Households 25,846 1,267 5% PROTECTION** 3.5 million 23% 1.5 M 185.0 Men 173,7 Women 624.7 Boys 545,5 Girls For more information, contact: cheung@unhcr.org Online cluster dashboard: http://bit.ly/2wwd7xh Monitoring and assistance to persons with protection specific needs; multi-sectoral Gender Based Violence (GBV) response services; monitoring of grave child rights violations; and life-saving services for conflict-affected children. Conflict and displacement, compounded with cholera and famine, have increased the protection needs of an already vulnerable population, including resort to adverse coping mechanisms and breakdown of support structures for 2.9 million persons in acute need. With airstrikes and armed clashes having increased in 2017 compared to 2016, monitoring the protection of civilians and ensuring accountability with IHL/IHRL remain critical needs, including with respect to violations against children, mine risk education, protection of women and girls from sexual and GBV and remedial assistance for the victims. Following new conflict-related displacement in 2017, some 2 million IDPs and 0.9 million IDP returnees continue to face multiple challenges, as well as vulnerable minorities affected by the weakness in rule of law. 102% *** Despite mounting protection needs with a spike in violence in the country, the outbreak of cholera, gaps in funding and serious operational constraints, as of October 2017, Protection Cluster partners have reached over 1.5 million people overall with life-saving protection services such as psychosocial support, legal assistance and protection cash, as well as clinical care for survivors and safe spaces for women, men, girls and boys. More than 203,640 persons have been reached through monitoring of protection and IHL/IHRL, while more than 580,220 children and community members have received information to protect against mines and UXOs. Community-based responses continue to be strengthened through 1,723 members of community-based protection networks as well as community centers serving the needs of IDPs and conflict-affected populations. Number of individuals reached through information activities (group-based information sessions or call centre activities) 504,000 5,728 1% Number of adults receiving psychosocial support (one-on-one counselling and group-support sessions) 25,200 31,784 126% Number of children and community members receiving information to protect themselves against injury/death of mine/uxo explosion 1,684,106 850,220 50% Number of children and care-givers in conflict-affected area receiving psychosocial support 682,268 530,942 78% Number of GBV beneficiaries receiving lifesaving GBV multi-sectoral services and support (including referral for health, legal, psychosocial, shelter and income-generating skills) 28,734 20,393 71% Number of dignity kits distributed 28,756 41,493 144% * Shelter activities for Refugees and Migrants have reached 22,275 people. ** Protection activities for Refugees and Migrants have reached 54,246 people. Page 4 of 6
EDUCATION* 1.1 million 62% 0.6 M Provide equitable access to child-friendly learning spaces for crisis-affected girls and boys and provision of Psychosocial Support Services (PSS), Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) to keep the education system functional. 307.0 Boys 331.8 Girls For more information, contact: aalshami@unicef.org Online cluster dashboard: http://bit.ly/2vbwdlr The cessation of salary payments to teachers in 13 governorates had greatly hindered the commencement of school year in these governorates and jeopardising the provision of education. In high priority districts, schools desks, basic learning supplies and teacher training on psychosocial support are urgent priorities. During September and October, 136 conflict affected schools have been repaired including rehabilitation of WASH facilities in 13 governorates providing a better schooling enviroment to over 105,782 students. Cluster partners supported in various activities reaching around 135,255 students by providing psychosocial support training for their teachers, 34,632 with provision of school bags and basic learning supplies and other 3,100 through provision of alternative learning classrooms. Number of schools with partial damage, rehabilitated (including WASH facilities) Number of new/repaired student desks Number of children receiving school bags and essential learning materials Schools Student desks Students 471 19,062 1,006,450 298 1,189 131,458 6% 13% 63% Number of students benefitting from psychosocial support Students 343,108 256,077 56% Emergency Employment and Community Rehabilitation 2.1 million Revised 13% reached/ targeted 87.4 Men 89.2 Women 56.9 Boys 41.1 Girls 0.27 M For more information, contact: stean.tshiband@undp.org Online cluster dashboard: http://bit.ly/2wwzno6 Support the creation of a safe and secure environment through effective mine action and enhance the economic self-reliance of affected people. The crisis continues to increase the economic vulnerability of fragile households. Families capacity to cope are reaching extreme levels leading to adoption of negative coping strategies and further deterioration of livelihoods and income sources. The depreciation of the Yemeni Rial vis-à-vis the US Dollar reduced further the purchasing power of families. Around 32,000 people were reached in September October 2017. Among them 30,000 people had access to emergency employment through cash for work schemes associated with community rehabilitation across seven governorates. Around 2,000 people received assistance for small business recovery. 11,400 sq. m were surveyed and some 271,000 sq. m were cleared in seven governorates covering 17 districts. Number of households accessing income through micro and small business recovery schemes Households 19,755 7,431 38% Number of households accessing income through cash for work schemes Households 37,796 26,409 70% LOGISTICS Services facilitated 0.95 8,301 1,260 3,432 797 million litres of fuel distributed to 21 humanitarian partners. passengers transported by UN Air Services. sea passengers transport between Djibouti and Aden metric tons transported and by road, sea and air. metric tons stored 45 For more information, contact: christophe.morard@wfp.org Support a coordinated logistics response to the crisis, and facilitates access to common services. Humanitarian organisations responding to the crisis in Yemen face a number of specific supply chain challenges that impede their ability to deliver relief items, such as limited access to parts of the country; inadequate or damaged infrastructure; congestion at main entry points; unreliable and unpredictable access to fuel and high volatility in its price; heavy bureaucratic processes and limited international shipping options, both by sea and air. 0 20 40 60 80 100 The Logistics Cluster supports inter-agency logistics coordination, provides information management (including GIS services), and facilitates access to common logistics services (storage, air, sea and overland cargo transport). It also facilitates access to WFP-managed fuel distribution points in Sana'a, Aden and Al Hudaydah, as well as passenger sea transport from Djibouti to Aden. Due to the cholera outbreak, the Cluster scaled up its services to ensure the higher needs of partners could be met. * Education activities for Refugees and Migrants have reached 4,981 people. Page 5 of 6
EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS Services facilitated 5 6 Number of operational areas covered by security telecommunications Number 42 of operational areas covered by connectivity services For more information, contact: wali.noor@wfp.org Provision of vital communications services to the humanitarian community in common operational areas across Yemen. The entire response community is in need of internet services in operational hubs and on the on the inter-agency mission boat. Reliable security telecommunications services are required by humanitarians to carry out their activities on the ground in a safe manner. The ETC team continues assisting WHO in implementing the EOC project to support the Cholera response in Yemen. During the reporting period, one EOC was established in Aden and one at WHO in Sana a. The ETC deployed faster Internet at the DTF in Sana a, which facilitates a better humanitarian response. The ETC conducted a mission with UNDP and UNDSS to the Hadda compound to ensure adequate provision of reliable connectivity and to relocate the existing ETC satellite kit from DTF to Hadda. REFUGEE AND MIGRANT MULTI-SECTOR 0.3 million 53% 0.15 M 57.5 Men 52.6 Women 23.1 Boys 21.6 Girls For more information, contact: cmueller@iom.int, verron@unhcr.org Online cluster dashboard: http://bit.ly/2fijbbs Provide life-saving assistance to vulnerable refugees and migrants, while strengthening protection monitoring and coordination, capacity development and referral. Migrants and refugees are in need of immediate assistance such as food, WASH, health, shelter and direct protection. Based in the latest report of migrants tracking, from January to July 2017, more than 60,270 migrants and refugees are estimated to have arrived in Yemen, crossing the Red and Arabian Seas. The response for migrants has included identifying vulnerabilities and providing immediate assistance to unaccompanied minors, Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases and victims of human rights violations. The response for refugees also includes distribution of food, water, NFIs, shelter, health and protection. Number of beneficiaries receiving health assistance 83,985 93,580 111% Number of beneficiaries receiving food and drinking water 27,983 51,584 * 184% Number of beneficiaries receiving emergency, temporary, camp shelter 21,348 22,247 104% Number of refugees, asylum seekers or migrants screened and had access to registration and documentation 75,564 34,587 46% * Includes regular general food distribution to Kharaz refugee camp, and food and drinking water at migrant reception points. Page 6 of 6