Fatima.. a story of displacement, suffering and deprivation

Fatima.. a story of displacement, suffering and deprivation  

August 2021

Fatima Al-Waqidi is a mother of six children. The war forced her to flee from Sana,a to Saada, in search of a decent life. The war interrupted her husband’s job opportunity, which made them unable to provide rent costs for an apartment to protect them from the heat of the sun and the rain of the sky. to end up in a corner of an open yard. On the outskirts of Sada ,a city.                                                        

Fatima and her children lie on the ground and cover the sky, nothing protects them from the heat of the sun and the drops of the sky, except for a few pieces of plastic and worn-out clothes, and without the slightest privacy for her or her children, in addition to the absence of a place to put their heads on them to sleep quietly and reassure Fatima..a story of displacement, suffering and deprivation.                           

August 2021:                                            

Fatima Al-Waqidi is a mother of six children. The war forced her to flee from Sanaa to Saada, in search of a decent life. The war interrupted her husband’s job opportunity, which made them unable to provide rent costs for an apartment to protect them from the heat of the sun and the rain of the sky. to end up in a corner of an open yard. On the outskirts of Saada city .                                                                                                                                            Fatima and her children lie on the ground and cover the sky, nothing protects them from the heat of the sun and sky drops, except for a few pieces of plastic and worn-out clothes, and without the slightest privacy for her or her children, in addition to the lack of a place to put their heads on them to sleep quietly and reassuringly, "Fatima Al-Waqidi" says that their poor condition made her She sends her children and her husband to work loading vehicles, although this work is bigger than their skinny bodies, and they were deprived of education in order to provide the simplest resistance to living. They resorted to her, to one of the open courtyards. Fatima does not hide the pain and grief that afflicts her when she finds her children shivering in the evening due to the intense cold and raindrops that flood the shelter in which they are staying. Fatima says (I find nothing to protect my children with except crying and praying to stop the rain).

The community committees in the city of Saada learned about the case of “Fatima” and submitted her to the community center for the displaced of the Yemen Development Foundation, the implementing partner of the High Commissioner for Refugees in Saada. The protection project implemented by the Yemen Development Foundation through the community center for the displaced, funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Fatima was able to provide some basic requirements for her family, and the cash assistance contributed to improving the family’s conditions and protecting them.. Cash grants to the displaced, war-affected and societal vulnerable groups help save lives and protect vulnerable groups. During the months of June and July 2021, Yemen Development was able, with funding from (UNHCR) ) disbursed emergency cash grants to 94 families in Saada, benefiting 765 people, including (151) men (159), (226) children, and (229) girls., she says