Families fleeing Yemen’s war face displacement, hunger and water shortages

Fighting in Yemen is getting worse between Houthi forces and groups aligned with the government. Many families are being forced to leave their homes. Some are moving inside Yemen, and others are crossing the Red Sea to escape. In the city of Taiz, displaced families are short of clean water. Their shelters are poor, and more children are going hungry and getting sick. The people affected say they have nowhere safe to go.

Yemen's war began in 2014 and has lasted more than a decade. A Saudi-led group has fought the Houthis, who control large parts of the country. Aid groups say the conflict has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Millions of people depend on food aid to survive. Attacks on Red Sea shipping in recent years have made it harder and more costly to bring supplies into the country.

Clean water and food are basic needs. When families lose both, children can die from sickness that is usually easy and cheap to treat.