The financial needs of schools in Yemen, where the re-entry has taken place in recent days, stand at $ 87 million until the end of the year, said Ted Chaiban, director of Unicef Middle East Africa. North.
“Over the past two years, we have provided bonuses for teachers so they can live,”
said Ted Chaiban.
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According to him, Unicef and other international organizations such as Unesco, the Global partnership for education (GPE), have launched
"an appeal to donors this year to support the payment of premiums"
and other expenditure items in terms of education.
And there is a shortage of 87 million to meet the needs until the end of the year, according to his organization.
Since 2015, a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, has been fighting the Houthi rebels supported by Iran and who control the majority of the North, including the capital Sanaa.
“Yemen is the most serious humanitarian crisis today,”
added Ted Chaiban, highlighting a
“combination of factors”
, such as instability, the war economy and weak infrastructure.
“And above all this is added the Covid-19,”
he continued.
According to the regional head of Unicef,
“four out of five children in Yemen need humanitarian aid.
Without this help, they risk malnutrition, disease and mortality ”
.
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In addition, he estimated that around 2,000 schools were
"unusable"
because of the conflict because they were damaged or are being used to house displaced families.
As a result of this situation, around two million students are no longer in school in the country.
And 5.8 million of them still have access to schools.