Every 10 minutes a child dies in Yemen , UNICEF
Every 10 minutes a child dies in Yemen
Families across Yemen wake up every day to devastation, struggling to protect their children in a country marked by years of conflict and widespread poverty. Every day, more than one thousand children under age 5 die from causes like malnutrition and preventable diseases. That’s one child, every 10 minutes. Yemen’s children need life-saving food and medical treatment to survive.
Children like Ghosson need urgent help
Ghosson was weak and in pain, suffering from severe malnutrition along with a fever and chest infection when she was admitted to a UNICEF-supported Hospital in Aden, Yemen. Doctors immediately started urgent treatment for Ghosson, trying to get her condition stable and working to help her recover her weight. It took several days before she could even leave the hospital.
Ghosson recovered and has the strength again to smile, to play, and to hope for a better future – but more than half of Yemen’s children are still fighting malnutrition. For many families living in poverty and in displacement camps across the country, every day is a struggle, requiring help to ensure basic food, water, and medical treatment for their children. You can help make a difference.
