Updates from a country in crisis

August was a difficult month in Yemen, where violent fighting coupled with a cholera epidemic plunged the population into one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters.

Nearly two thousand dead in one month

"The cholera that continues to spread in Yemen claimed nearly 2000 lives in August. Oxfam is working on the ground to stop the spread of cholera, including by providing clean water. But conditions are complicated and Oxfam's country director in Yemen, Shane Stevenson, is one of those who has experienced the challenges of delivering aid to people in the country.

"Our teams work in very difficult conditions, but they continue to find new solutions to ensure that our humanitarian work reaches as many people as possible"

Shane Stevenson, Oxfam Country Director in Yemen.

Oxfam is distributing cash grants to extra vulnerable families and has continued its efforts to prevent the spread of infection among the already weakened population.

"After a fantastic effort, we managed to get 36 tons of water, hygiene and sanitation materials into the country, which will be used in the work to stop cholera," says Oxfam's Country Director in Yemen, Shane Stevenson.

Emergency aid arrives in Yemen

Oxfam's work in Yemen includes ensuring that people displaced by the conflict have access to clean water and sanitation: engineering teams are repairing pipes, renovating water systems and building latrines. We work with volunteers who carry out hygiene campaigns to inform people about cholera symptoms and how to prevent the spread of the disease. Our health teams also distribute hygiene kits consisting of soap and buckets.

Food shortages in Yemen are widespread, and many children are acutely malnourished. To ensure that people can eat, people who have been forced to leave their homes are receiving cash grants to cover their most basic needs. In total, Oxfam has reached 1,200,896 people in Yemen.