Yemen food crisis leaves millions at risk of starving
Severely malnourished, Saida Ahmad Baghili, 18, sits on a bed at a hospital in Hodeida, Yemen. As the food crisis grows worse for Baghili and other Yemenis, the UN World Food Programme fears the devastating toll that hunger could have on the war-torn country. The organization said it has provided food for more than 3 million people each month since February but is beginning to struggle. It has split these rations so it can reach 6 million people every month, but resources are beginning to run out. "An entire generation could be crippled by hunger," Torben Due, the program's director in Yemen , said in a statement . Baghili is being treated for severe malnutrition at al-Thawra hospital in Hodeida. "We need to scale up our life-saving assistance to reach more people with timely food assistance and preventive treatment. We appeal to the international community to support the people of Yemen. "We need to provide a full rat