São Paulo – Preliminary results of a survey conducted in November and December 2011 show that five million people in Yemen are unable to obtain all the food they need on a daily basis. The first results of the survey conducted by the World Food Programme (WFP) were disclosed last Wednesday (14th).
According to the survey, a total of ten million people are somehow affected by lack of food. The figure is equivalent to nearly half the country’s population, which is 22 million. According to WFP spokesperson Abeer Etefa, the problem is more serious in the North of the country, however in the capital Sanaa and the city of Hodeida there are also large numbers of people unable to obtain food.
“The situation [of these people] is linked to the situation of the country itself,” said Etefa. She also said the WFP and other UN agencies and governments are trying to help the Yemenis in need.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum