Due to the ongoing conflicts, currently more than two-thirds of Yemen’s population of 27 million faces famine and increased poverty, especially orphans who have lost their caregivers.
This coincides with rising prices and lack of official salaries and essential components of life such as food – housing – clothing - electricity - water - public services etc, which have forced families to ask their children to act as beggars or engage them in hard work that does not suit their level of childhood , drop them out of education and expose them to homelessness.
The hardships are further emphasized as coalitions enforce block-aids on Yemen that make food and medical aid difficult to deliver.