WFP Yemen Situation Report #1, 17 February 2025

HIGHLIGHTS
• The food security situation in Yemen remains alarming, with WFP data showing 64 percent of households nationwide unable to access sufficient food.
• Evidence shows that WFP’s Targeted Emergency Food Assistance (TEFA) worked to improve food security outcomes in targeted districts under the Sana’a-based authorities.
• Under WFP’s school feeding programme, WFP expanded its Healthy Kitchen-project to an additional 6,000 students in Sana’a city and 1,000 students in Al Hodeidah city.
• Eight UN staff members (including seven from WFP) were detained by security forces in northern Yemen on 23-25 January. One WFP staff member died in custody on 10 February.
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