The Children of Yemen:

Geert Cappelaere, a UNICEF representative in Yemen said “Yemen could become the next Somalia as child malnutrition is as big as it is in the Horn of Africa.” And if Africa has indeed now become the media’s poster cry for help, it is important to realize that in Yemen too, a grave humanitarian crisis is unfolding. Thousands upon thousands of children are potentially facing death if nothing is done soon.

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“My two-year-old son, Zaid, has been losing weight by the day since he went down with diarrhea two weeks ago.  He also suffers from dehydration, vomiting and loss of appetite. The only thing he asks me to give him is water, as his throat is often dry,” said Amatalim Saleh, who lost her three-year-old baby girl, last month.

I don’t think the wealthy consciously believe they’ve done anything wrong, or that the system that helped them gain their wealth is the same system that makes it hard for so many of the rest of us to survive. 

But I do think that somewhere inside, a piece of them knows that they prosper at the expense of the tens of millions families and single parents who work long hours for little pay and struggle to put food on the table and stay ahead of their basic bills.

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