The year 2008 brought a "silent tsunami" of high food prices which struck across the globe. The World Food Programme's (WFP) school feeding initiative in Yemen was one of many programs that were victimized.
This program had provided take-home rations for about 115,000 girls. Salman Omer of WFP Yemen said that 80 percent of the girls failed to receive their full ration in 2008 because of these skyrocketing prices. WFP simply could not provide the same level of food.
This was a serious setback since the rations helped impoverished families and provided an incentive for girls to attend school. But this was just the first blow. A much larger one awaited around the corner, the complete suspension of WFP Food for Education in Yemen.
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