Yemen: Housing

(asked on 3rd April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve shelter for children in Yemen who have lost their homes as a consequence of the ongoing war in that region.


Answered by
Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
This question was answered on 10th April 2019

In July 2018, DFID supplied tents and emergency items, such as blankets and solar lanterns, to over 2,500 families displaced by the escalation in conflict around the city of Hodeidah.

In addition, DFID has funded DFID has funded the International Organization for Migration and UNHCR with £19 million since July 2017, which has included reaching over 12,000 internally-displaced children inside Yemen with humanitarian assistance.

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