Amid Yemen’s enduring hardships with hunger and poverty, a devastating incident occurred in Aden as a 7-year-old girl scavenging for food tragically lost her life. The girl attempted to climb a garbage container for sustenance, resulting in the container toppling over and fatally injuring her. Yemen, a nation embroiled in internal conflicts since 2014, exacerbating economic crises and poverty. The Iran-backed Houthi takeover of the capital, Sanaa, initiated a series of struggles.
UNICEF’s recent report paints a grim picture, revealing that from March 2015 to September 2022, intensified conflicts claimed the lives of 3,774 children, while 7,245 others suffered injuries in Yemen.