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Hi there John,

It is difficult to convey the devastation COVID-19 and the war are having on families in Yemen.

Food rations in north Yemen have been cut in half since April and an additional 5 million people will lose access to vital food assistance in November without more funding. A lack of testing in Yemen means COVID-19 continues to spread undetected. And the pandemic is making it even harder for millions of people to access lifesaving health care.

"In every home there is someone who has lost their father or mother or brother or husband or son to COVID-19,"" writes IRC doctor Rasha Rashed. We are sorry to report that Dr. Rashed herself has just lost someone — her uncle passed away from COVID-19.

The truth is: Yemen is not in the headlines right now, but families there need our help. Please make a gift to help us reach people in Yemen and other crisis areas with critical aid. Can you please donate today? »

The virus is spreading rapidly, in large part due to a collapsed health system exacerbated by years of poverty and war. Families are forced from their homes, living in cramped makeshift quarters. The country also has almost no testing capacity and most of those who are being tested are already showing severe symptoms, resulting in a death rate that is five times higher than the global average.

"What we are seeing in Yemen is unlike any tragedy witnessed before," says Tamuna Sabadze, the IRC's country director there. "COVID-19 is ripping through the country."

John, I think we all agree that we need glimmers of hope right now. Our teams in Yemen tell us hope is possible. They see it in babies like Enqath.

Enqath's mother could not afford treatment at a hospital—or the transportation to deliver her child.

"I was anxious about running out of blood," she says. "I am anemic."

There was a solution, thankfully. The IRC, active in Yemen since 2012, provides lifesaving emergency aid, medical care, clean water, education, and women's protection to people across the country. We also provide mobile health teams that travel to displacement camps and remote areas offering health care, including maternity services.

Our teams are continuing maternal health programs, while working to stop the spread of the coronavirus. We are providing essential protective gear, clean water and sanitation services, and information about COVID-19 symptoms and prevention. The IRC is training health workers, deploying mobile health teams and supporting health facilities with protective gear and proper water and sanitation services to fight COVID-19, even as we continue our other lifesaving programs.

Please make a gift today to help vulnerable families in Yemen and worldwide. In crises like these, every gift makes a difference.

$45 can provide families with COVID-19 hygiene kits »

$108 can provide 8 families with temporary shelter »

$230 can provide medical care for 10 children »

$500 can equip a mobile medical clinic »
Enqath's mother Bodor remembers her anxiety as the contractions started: she prayed she would give birth safely. "The IRC team came here and helped me," she says. "They gave me injections and IV infusions that helped me give birth. I gave birth in this tent." She lost blood as she feared, but getting proper care enabled her to regain her strength. She has fully recovered, and just as important, her third daughter arrived safely and remains healthy.

Says Bodor, holding the child in her arms, "We called the baby Enqath," which means "Rescue" in Arabic, "after the organization's name—because it rescued us."

[Name], this is exactly why the IRC exists. In times of deep uncertainty, we continue to stand with the most vulnerable and help them to survive and recover. We stay for as long as it takes, no matter what.

Please help us ensure the miracle birth of baby Enqath is not a singular story. Together, we can help more families in Yemen and crisis areas worldwide.

Will you make a lifesaving donation today?

Thank you, so very much,

Andrea Kost
Senior Officer of Digital Stewardship
International Rescue Committee




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