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Surviving hunger in Yemen

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Surviving hunger in Yemen

22 September 2022 – Families in Yemen who endure prolonged exposure to armed conflict and grinding poverty are forced to live on the thinnest margins of survival – especially when displaced from their homes and lacking access to food, clean water, and basic nutrition and medical services.

Om Salim confronts the cruel realities of hunger every day as a mother of two young children living in extreme poverty. The family must routinely skip meals, and often has nothing to eat for a day if not longer. 

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