PEOPLE are being urged to donate items to help the people of Yemen. 

A container has been set up at the Bombay Stores car park on Shearbridge Road to fill with items to send to the war-torn country. 

The situation in Yemen has been described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

It is estimated that 24 million people - 80 per cent of Yemen’s population - are in need of humanitarian assistance, with this number including over 12 million children.

Yemen has been in a civil war since 2015. A Saudi Arabian-led blockade of the country has caused a shortage of food, while many lack access to clean water - leading to cholera outbreaks - in a situation only made worse by coronavirus.

Only half of the country’s health facilities are thought to be fully functioning, with many being destroyed in airstrikes.

Many of the hospitals which have remained open lack access to PPE, and there are only a few hundred ventilators for Yemen's population of nearly 30 million.

Many have also criticised the UK’s involvement in the conflict, after it was announced last month that Britain would resume its arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

The container, organised by the Olive Grove Foundation, will include essential supplies. The charity requires pain killers, crutches, walking frames, wheelchairs, meal replacement drinks, baby clothes, baby milk and baby food.

Contact Amer Akram on 07447484473 if you would like to drop items off..