Yemen UNHCR Operational Update, 7 December 2018
KEY FIGURES:
22.2 M people in need
2M internally displaced persons (IDP
89% of IDPs displaced for more than one year
1M IDP returnees
1.2M IDPs given in-kind or cash assistance in 2018
322K IDPs assisted as part of the Al Hudaydah response since June 2018
Funding
USD 198.7 M required for 2018
USD 137.3 M received as of 4 December 2018
Highlights
On-going cash distributions are reaching over 320,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Designed to respond to the protection, shelter and winterization needs of over 45,000 IDP families, this is the largest round of cash distributions to date in 2018. Rental subsidies are being disbursed to 26,000 households – more than half of the cash beneficiaries. While 11,000 families will receive cash for winterization, the remaining 9,000 families will receive cash to help them to address protection issues.
UNHCR Response
UNHCR provided the Civil Registration Authority (CRA) in Ibb Governorate with mobile registration equipment. The donation will support the CRA to provide national identification documents to IDPs in Ibb city, and also in more remote areas outside the city. Through a quick impact project, UNHCR and the CRA in Ibb are installing shaded waiting areas and increasing the amount of seating available, to improve the conditions for people going through the registration process.
UNHCR is responding to the shelter and protection needs of close to 50,000 people in the northern governorates of Jawf and Sa’ada. In cooperation with local authorities, UNHCR identified 6,800 displaced families who recently fled from Al Hudaydah and Hajjah governorates. Needs assessments and verification have been completed, and core relief items (CRI) and emergency shelter kits (ESK) have been distributed to the families requiring them. Meanwhile, cash is being disbursed to families for whom it is a more appropriate form of assistance, to enable them to choose how best to meet their shelter and protection needs.
In Al Hudaydah Governorate itself, UNHCR has distributed over 1000 CRI kits and 500 ESKs. These distributions were in Az Zuhrah and Alluhayah districts, in the north of the governorate, responding to the needs of IDP families who recently fled fighting in Al Hudaydah city and elsewhere.
UNHCR Yemen is marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (GBV). During the period leading up to Human Rights Day on 10 December, the Sana’a and Aden offices are organising activities such as awareness raising, roundtable discussions, painting competitions, interactive theatre, music, and screening of short films. Activities are linked to the global theme of ending GBV in the world of work, but also aim to raise general awareness of the campaign against GBV among refugees and IDPs of all ages.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-unhcr-operational-update-7-december-2018
