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Friday, March 12, 2010

Hunger, Conflict, and the Suffering of Women in Yemen


Abeer Etefa, a WFP officer from Cairo, just traveled to Yemen to visit camps that are home to people displaced by the fighting in the northern part of the country. What she saw was tremendous hardship being faced by many Yemenis who depend on WFP food rations. These rations are being reduced right now and may soon be stopped entirely if the international community does not provide new funding. Here are the stories of a few of the people at these camps.

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