Hunger is rising in Yemen and Covid related deaths have escalated. The future looks very bad, with Covid, or without Covid, writes Mohammed Basha, Food Security and Livelihood Leader, Oxfam Yemen.
Aid workers in Syria, Yemen, DR Congo and India paint a grim picture of the pandemic grinding down vulnerable communities. But they also see the difference that humanitarian aid can make, writes Saleh Saeed, Chief Executive of the Disasters Emergency Committee.
Coronavirus cases have spiked in Yemen in the last month as displaced communities struggle to cope with the impact of the pandemic, ongoing conflict and a hunger crisis that is putting millions at risk. Only 1% of the population is vaccinated against Covid-19, access to healthcare is poor and families cannot afford to buy food. Donations to the DEC Coronavirus Appeal are providing the most vulnerable people with lifesaving aid.
Donations to our appeal are now funding work in Afghanistan, DR Congo, India, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen and the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Funds raised between 28 April and 9 June 2021 for India totalled £14 million.
How funds raised by the DEC were spent to combat Covid-19 in seven of the world's most fragile places.
Aid workers say the situation in the world's most fragile state is the worst it has been for the whole of the war.
Religious leaders are helping to raise awareness about Covid-19 in fragile states and refugee camps to help people protect themselves.
After five years of civil war millions of families are already struggling to survive. Covid-19 could cause a catastrophe.
