“I am Um Hajar, that’s how she introduced herself when we asked her to talk to us about the cash assistance project that her family was part of. She first told us about the difficult conditions her country Yemen is going through. ‘I am very sad, but I am also optimistic. I know that this situation we are living now will end someday, and these days will be just memories and stories we tell our children.'”

Her eldest daughter, Hajar, is fifteen years old, and she also has two younger children. She spoke with great sadness about how her children had to leave their education because their school was destroyed in the war.

However, her greatest fear was cholera. “Thank God my children have been saved from cholera until this moment, but I am not sure what might happen in the future; the danger is still present.”

Her younger children, Hassan and Laila, suffered from malnutrition and lost a lot of weight, and their symptoms were extremely worrying. Then came the day when we received assistance from the organization; we received food aid and cash assistance as well.

We received cash assistance throughout the year, and only then did the health of my children truly improve, and they overcame malnutrition and anemia. We were really frustrated and scared, and now we have hope.

“Thank you for everything, for the food, the cash assistance, and the hope.”