UN: Half of Yemen population without enough food / 葉門內戰釀饑荒 18歲少女瘦成皮包骨　　　　　　　　　　

Continued warfare in Yemen has led to famine and displacement in an unraveling humanitarian crisis. The UN World Food Program said that currently more than half of Yemen's 14 million population do not have enough food, and called on the international community for assistance. The 18-year-old Saida has been suffering from acute malnutrition due to a famine in Yemen. Saida has a serious sore throat and is not able to eat except for drinking milk and juices. Her health started deteriorating since last month, she was hospitalized by having supports from a charity. Saida is not the only one, there are many other children suffering from malnutrition. Yemen last year had an outbreak of armed conflicts. A Saudi-led Arab coalition has been fighting Houthi rebels. The conflicts had caused at least 10,000 people killed and two million and fifty thousand people displaced. The conflicts also aggravated the agricultural produces under extreme weather conditions. ==HAMEEDA FADHEL, Widow Resident in Sanaa== They destroyed my son's car. We are dependent on the neighbours for food. ==HASSAN, Farmer== This millet was about to harvest, it was not enough because a rocket landed in the field and burned all the crops there. There is a big hole. The war-torn Yemen imports over 90% of its food and fuel. The Saudi warship had blockaded the port, nothing can be imported. The United Nations World Food Programme pointed out, Yemen has a population of 28 million, but over half of the population has a food shortage. Seven million people are facing famine and they need immediate humanitarian aids. ==MUHANNAD HADI, UN World Food Programme Regional Dir.== There were lots of malnourished children, there were some severely malnourished children, and we have to realize that when you have malnourishment among children, that it's compounded with other diseases: water-borne diseases, cholera - there is a cholera outbreak in some parts of Yemen. The UN World Food Programme provides basic food supply for six million people, however, it needs US$250 million for the sustenance. The major countries which provide humanitarian aids are the US, Germany, Japan and the European Union. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 十八歲的葉門少女賽達正值青春年華，卻因為長期飢餓，嚴重營養不良，瘦成皮包骨。她嚴重喉嚨痛，吃不下東西，只能喝果汁牛奶充饑，最近一個月情況惡化，貧困的一家仰賴慈善團體協助才能送她就醫。賽達的例子並非個案，院內還有其他營養不足的兒童，處境令人擔憂。 葉門去年再次爆發武裝衝突，沙烏地為首的聯軍出兵支援政府軍，圍剿胡塞反抗軍，無情戰火造成一萬人死亡，250萬人流離失所，也扼殺葉門原本就因極端天候而嚴重歉收的農業。 ==葉門首都沙納居民 法賀爾== 戰爭毀了我兒子的車 我們現在靠鄰居吃飯 ==農民 哈桑== 我的小米就要收成了 但收成不夠 因為火箭落在田裡 都給燒了 現在變成個大洞 九成仰賴進口的糧食，跟經濟運作所需的燃料，因為沙烏地戰艦封鎖港口，不得其門而入。聯合國世界糧食計畫署指出，葉門2800萬人口中，約有1400萬人面臨糧食不足，其中七百萬人陷入饑荒，需要即刻援助。 ==聯合國糧食計畫區域主任 哈迪== 最駭人的景象 無疑是當地孩童的處境 很多孩子營養不良 有的情況很嚴重 這情況通常伴隨其他疾病 水源污染導致的疾病 像是霍亂 部分地方已爆發疫情 聯合國糧食計畫署目前的援助計畫，負擔當地六百萬人的基本糧食，但還急需2.5億美元，才足以支撐到明年三月。目前這項計畫主要的資助國是美國，德國，日本跟歐盟。 記者 施慧中 報導