People. Cholera. The unexpected Famine.

廖盛平
廖盛平
Aug 31, 2018 · 3 min read

Civil war. Famine. Which country came to your mind first ?

South Sudan? You are a world-caring person. But today the country that I like to tell is a little bit closer. It’s Yemen.

Golden Victory.

The civil war has last near four years since 2014/9. The war between president Hadi and Houthi rebellion tortured the nation and her people, but the intervention from Saudi-led coalition made it even worse. While you were cheering for your favorite state on the soccer field, Saudi launched Operation Golden Victory in the dawn on June 13. In order to block ‘Missiles and other military supplements from Iran’, twenty thousand armies set to wrest Hodeidah. Hodeidah is the first stop of those humanitarian resources, which over 70% people only rely on it to survive. There were near 60 thousand people live in the city. The humanitarian concerned that the coalition’s attack would leave 250 thousand people ‘lost everything, including their lives.’ The coalition and Saudi Arabia insist on the necessary of operation. ‘ The worry from the humanitarian wouldn’t stop the Houthi from importin military supplements from Hodeidah’, the coalition said.


Famine country with plenty of Food?

A famine nation full of foods. (Source: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/18E1/production/_98796360_23592153_10155973221445159_4751364398706170993_o.jpg)

It was absolutely weird. Seven provinces’ food supplied were evaluated as ‘emergency’ by The World Food Programme, another ten were crisis. When BBC’s reporter entered the local market, there were plenty of produces and proteins. They all speak out one truth: The famine was caused by human. Only a few people could afford the double food price in Yemen. ‘ The famine tortured the residents for a long time, but it’s getting worse and worse every day’, said Newal, an English teacher in Yemen. ‘ The famine worsen every time the coalition blockade the harbor, the food price was so high that it’s almost impossible to raise a child.’ According to the UN evaluation, the famine starved 33 million pregnant women, children, and lactation mom, including 4.6 million kids under five. 170 million people failed to get sufficient food. But, behind the famine, was the malfunctioning public health system.


Alert: Cholera

It’s pretty easy to prevent Cholera. Wash your hands with clean water. Drink boiled water and food. However, the clean water has become luxuries just as food. The government employees that wasn’t paid for a long time failed to maintain the sewer system while no one can deal with tens of thousands of garbage on the street, let along the dilapidated water supplying system. It was the perfect storm of Cholera. There have been over a million suspicious cases and 2248 death cases since April, 2017. People can only turn to medical institutions for help. Across the nation only half medical institutions still functioned, and most of them struggled to running out of medicine, equipments and employees. The medical staff worked around the clock to help more people. ICRC(International Committee of the Red Cross) try to offer assistance. They chartered five sorties of planes, with a plenty of chlorine disinfectants, intravenous drips (IV), and other medical equipments to Yemen. ICRC’s workers also stationed in 17 different medical institutions to help improve local hygiene and raise public’s alert against cholera.

Civil war. Famines. Cholera. What I can imagine the worse disaster all happened in Yemen. Civil War in Yemen may greet another tough era under operation golden victory.

The shadow of war still covered the nation, and the dawn of peace seemed far from her.

It seems that the dawn of peace is still far from Yemen. (Source: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/13263/production/_92853487_5b9dd5e4-94c1-493d-91e9-0f2ba2855794.jpg)

What can you do?

It might be a small donation, but it a chance for a kid, or even a family. You’re able to find donation accountants information on the World Vision International ‘s website , and more in need countries.

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