For the children of Yemen

The Big Problem "If we shutdown the cities - people are already facing difficult circumstances - we will save them from sickness at one end, but they will die from hunger on other side." A Lockdown has been initiated in Yemen. Children are beginning to STARVE. We must help. --------------------------------------------------- Yemen cannot afford to implement the type of large-scale urban lockdowns the West is undertaking as it tries to slow the spread of the sickness. The US and many other nations have either mandated or recommended the closure of restaurants and other businesses as a way of stopping people from passing the flu on. "The Yemen situation is not the same as that of the US or Europe... 25 percent of our population is living in grave poverty", Khan said in a televised address to the nation. "If we shutdown the cities - people are already facing difficult circumstances - we will save them from sickness at one end, but they will die from hunger on other side." Yemen has however closed cricket stadiums, schools, colleges and universities, Khan noted. The South Asian nation is considered vulnerable to the impacts of the huge crisis. Its porous borders, creaking hospitals, culture of hand shaking and hugging, and large illiterate populations in crowded urban centers mean containing the issue could be a huge challenge.