UPDATE:

A huge thank you for all your generosity in showing support for the people of Yemen. We are also very touched by your messages and for thinking of our late uncle Zakariyya.

We had to increase the target twice, we would like to make a final push to reach £10,000. Please help us reach this target over the Eid weekend.

With love.

Ziyad, Nusaybah and Yusrah

We are raising much needed funds for the people of Yemen in their hour of need.  

The clock is ticking on Yemen

The UN has warned that the clock is ticking on the Coronavirus threat in Yemen. With the country having registered its first official case, Yemen is gearing itself up to fight this devastating pandemic, but unfortunately the country has limited resources that allow for detection, isolation and treatment of the disease.

With no isolation facilities except 30 beds in Sana'a and tests for only 200 people, healthcare workers are severely under resourced and furthermore, lack training in managing patients who present with symptoms of COVID-19.

More than five years of conflict has deepened Yemen's poverty, devastated its infrastructure, and caused widespread hunger and suffering and this disease is a second front that Yemen is unprepared for.

Saving Lives in Yemen

Islamic Relief is on the ground now and working to help fight COVID-19. We have already begun responding by providing:

1) Food assistance and grants for orphaned children

1) Hygiene kits including gloves, masks, toilet rolls, disinfectants and hand sanitisers

3) Awareness-raising leaflets on how to keep safe.

Just £50 can provide a family with enough food for a month