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War Child’s vocational training programme unlocks a generation in Yemen with UK Aid Match.

Empowering caregivers and unlocking a generation through positive parenting with UK Aid Match.

Reviving dreams and unlocking a generation of children to fulfil their potential with UK Aid Match.

Meet Hayat, she's 18 years old and lives in Yemen.

In 2022 War Child UK were able to provide support to 256,700 children and adults - making it our strongest year ever.

Noor Hassan lives with his family in a camp for Internally Displaced People in Yemen. War Child helped them to buy two sheep and some necessities which opened new possibilities to improve their living conditions.

The crisis in Yemen has been deemed one of the worst in our lifetime. Here are 8 things you may want to know about the situation in Yemen.

In March 2022, we announced that the UK government would be matching public donations to our Unlock a Generation appeal.

My life and that of my children turned upside down when we lost my husband in an airstrike. In a heartbeat, everything changed.

The impacts of COVID-19 on Hamas’ family left her unable to go to school. This story is all too common for families in Yemen, who must place daily survival over their children’s education.

War Child UK, the specialist charity for children affected by conflict, has warned that while the world is focused on the pandemic and the race to roll out a vaccine, some of the world’s worst and most violent conflicts are slipping out of control.  

Coronavirus is creating a children’s emergency, dragging alarming numbers of boys and girls into poverty and child labour in conflict-affected countries.