Yemenis are appealing for more aid for the country's sprawling displacement camps as the humanitarian crisis there deepens amid dwindling international assistance.
Al-Suwayda camp is considered the second largest displacement camp, after the Al-Jufaina Camp, in Marib Governorate, located 120 km east of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
It hosts around 2,000 displaced families, most of whom come from the Nihm District (east of Sanaa), areas in northwestern Marib, and others from various Yemeni regions such as Al-Jawf.
This area hosts around 60 percent of those displaced, said Assistant Director of the Displacement Unit Marib Governorate Khaled Al-Shajani.
Thousands of people are at risk of hunger as they rely on aid for their daily and medical needs.
“We cannot afford to buy flour, sugar, oil, or even a single egg, which now costs 500 riyals ($20 cent). So where can we get it from? We have no farmland, no well to draw water from, we only have God and the food aid provided by the organization to the displaced," said Masada Hadi, a displaced woman in the Al- Suwayda Camp.
Al-Shajani also noted a "decline in support from international donors to Yemen in general, including Marib Governorate and the needs of the displaced in this area."
Many in the south fear abandonment by some aid groups following the cut of U.S. funds affecting some organizations.
“We used to receive medicine, cash assistance, and food aid, but now we heard they are going to cut off the aid. How can you afford to buy treatment when you're a displaced person and suffering from kidney failure," asked Hashed Ahmad, a displaced man.
Further north the situation is also dire.
In April, the World Food Program halted food shipments to Houthi-held areas of Yemen and suspended food distribution there after the rebels looted one of its warehouses in the north resulting in the loss of almost two million dollars’ worth of aid.
The suspension was a further blow in the war-torn country, where hunger has been growing.
Yemen has been torn by civil war for more than a decade.
Houthi rebels hold the capital and much of the north and center of the country, where the majority of its population of nearly 40 million live.
The internationally recognized government controls the south and west.
Throughout the war, Yemen has been threatened by hunger, nearly falling into full-fledged famine. The impoverished nation imports most of its food.
The WFP is providing food assistance to some 3.4 million people in southern Yemen, areas controlled by the government and its allies.
Those who need medical attention and daily medication face some of the most severe impacts of a halt to aid.
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