President Obama has ordered an increase in humanitarian aid to Yemen. The administration is urging other international donors to step forward to help Yemen, which has suffered from a conflict between the government and rebel groups. A statement from the White House press secretary last week called the UN's Humanitarian Response Plan woefully underfunded.
U.S. humanitarian assistance to Yemen for the fiscal year will now total 42.5 million. The funds will provide food, water and sanitation, shelter, and health care to over 280,000 who have been displaced by the conflict in northern Yemen. Refugees in southern Yemen will also benefit from the aid.
The food aid operation of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) was running short by at least 75 million dollars. It's not clear yet how much of the 42.5 million in U.S. humanitarian aid will go to food programs.
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