WFP Yemen Situation Report #1, 17 February 2025
HIGHLIGHTS
• The food security situation in Yemen remains alarming, with WFP data showing 64 percent of households nationwide unable to access sufficient food.
• Evidence shows that WFP’s Targeted Emergency Food Assistance (TEFA) worked to improve food security outcomes in targeted districts under the Sana’a-based authorities.
• Under WFP’s school feeding programme, WFP expanded its Healthy Kitchen-project to an additional 6,000 students in Sana’a city and 1,000 students in Al Hodeidah city.
• Eight UN staff members (including seven from WFP) were detained by security forces in northern Yemen on 23-25 January. One WFP staff member died in custody on 10 February.
Aden —A humanitarian convoy from Jordan, consisting of 13 trucks loaded with relief supplies, has arrived in Yemen to support communities aff…
Taiz — Administrative operations at the Taiz Governorate building have resumed following several days of closure caused by an open sit-in sta…
Geneva — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for $126.882 million to fund its humanitarian operations in Yemen thr…