Yemen is a Starving Nation (2010)

Hungry Children (2010): Yemen faces a Triple F crisis: soaring food prices, plunging fuel revenues, and financial turmoil. For similar stories, see: Yemen s Lost Generation Of Traumatised Children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHKUxxMmoU8 Why Yemen Won t Ban Child Marriage and Rape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6U2nrRJ4HU The Heartbreaking Truth About Yemen s Child Brides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z834OxnOdIU Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: https://www.journeyman.tv/film/4885/hungry-children Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Nearly half of Yemeni children under five are underweight, and some 58% grow up stunted due to a limited diet. What will become of this poverty-stricken state if the international community fails to act fast? "Our daily life is not ok", Mariam struggles every day to find enough to feed her family; until recently a UN program gave wheat in exchange for schooling. But funding was cut, and now the girls must work or go hungry. The West is well aware of Yemen s reputation as a haven for Al-Qaeda, but what do we know of the human suffering? "The government of Yemen, at the risk of seeing its people die of hunger, refused to issue an appeal on account of national pride", economist Aryani explains that those in power are turning their backs on the growing number of hungry and poor. Decades of development work has been wiped away by the Triple F crisis: soaring food prices, plunging fuel revenues, and the financial crisis drying up remittances of Yemenis abroad. As to the tense political situation; Giancarlo Cirri of the World Food Programme warns: "the destabilising role of hunger should not be underestimated". With a third of Yemen s 23 million population now desperate for food, aid is urgently needed to counteract this deadly spiral into poverty. Hugh Macleod and Annasofie Flamand – Ref. 4885 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.