Yemen: More Than 250,000 People Displaced Since August. 200 Families Need You Now.
Fighting has intensified around Taiz and along Yemen’s west coast. Whole families have fled with nothing, and tonight they sleep in the open: without food, shelter, or clean water.
We are not asking you to carry the whole crisis, only to stand by one family: a food basket, a tent over their heads and clean water to drink. RM2,255 gives a whole family what it needs to start again, and any amount, even RM30, brings them closer.
A city under siege, with almost no water
The only road linking Taiz to Aden has been cut, halting the flow of food, fuel and medicine into the city and the areas around it. The World Food Programme warns that wheat flour stocks in the affected areas are close to running out, and that more than 600,000 people in Taiz are now beyond the reach of aid.
According to UNICEF, clean water has all but run out for newly arrived families. Diesel shortages threaten the water pumping stations, and rubbish is piling up in the streets now that sanitation services have stopped. With cholera spreading in Yemen, unsafe water is a direct threat to children.
In the hospitals, the World Health Organization says the fuel left at 12 hospitals in Taiz will last only about 4 days.
Into all of this, displaced families are arriving at crowded camps and communities, many with nothing but the clothes they are wearing.
Sources: World Food Programme (14 October 2026); UNICEF and the World Health Organization via UN News (20 October 2026).
Yemen’s largest wave of displacement since the 2022 truce
People displaced since August
Between 1 August and 17 October 2026, according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
Children displaced, approximately
UNICEF’s estimate of the children among more than 200,000 people displaced from 3 September to 10 October 2026.
People beyond the reach of aid
The World Food Programme cannot reach them because of the fighting and road closures.
Where have families fled to?
Displaced people by host governorate, as of 7 October 2026: 201,217 people across 10 governorates.
- Taiz114,70857%
- Lahj42,26421%
- Aden20,81410%
- Abyan9,0304%
- Al Hudaydah8,2444%
- Hadramawt2,4781%
- Shabwah1,1881%
- Marib1,0801%
- Al Mahrah936<1%
- Ad Dali’475<1%
Sources: UNHCR (to 17 October 2026); UNICEF Flash Update, 11 October 2026; World Food Programme (14 October 2026). Map: IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix, as of 7 October 2026; the overall total has since passed 250,000. Governorate boundaries: geoBoundaries / OpenStreetMap.
What one family needs to start again
According to IOM, the first thing displaced families ask for is shelter (35%), followed by food (33%), and both sit at the heart of these packages. Family packages are costed per family from supplier quotations; water reaches the whole affected community. Give one package, or fund a family completely.
Food basket
- Flour – 25 kg
- Rice – 10 kg
- Sugar – 10 kg
- Cooking oil – 4 litres
- Beans – 12 cans
- Tea – 1 kg
- Salt
Shelter & non-food items
- Tent – 4 × 4 m
- Mosquito net
- Blankets – 3 pieces
- Pillows – 3 pieces
- Floor mattresses – 3 pieces
Cooking & household items
- Gas cylinder – 20 litres
- Two-burner stove
- Water thermos – 5 litres
- Cooking pan
- Steel plates – 3 pieces
- Table spoons – 5 pieces
- Cooking spoon
Health & hygiene kit
- Laundry soap
- Bath soap
- Towels – 3 pieces
- Sanitary pads – 3 packs
- Toothbrushes – 3 pieces
- Toothpaste – 3 pieces
Water trucking
- 4,000-litre tankers to Taiz
- 5,000-litre tankers to Marib and Lahj
- Emergency water for communities with no safe supply
Give one family everything it needs
The four family kits together — food, shelter, cooking and household items, and hygiene — rebuild a displaced family’s basic living conditions in a single delivery.
Choose what you give a displaced family
Choose a package and the number of families you will support, or give the RM30 emergency sedekah unit as many times as you wish.
- ✓Field presence. Your support travels from Malaysia to families through our own field team in Yemen.
- ✓Documented delivery. Every distribution is documented. Photos, videos and a technical and financial report are sent to sponsors at the end of the project.
Prefer a bank transfer?
Transfer directly to the Altawasul Alinsani Malaysia account or scan the DuitNow QR code in your banking app, then send the receipt on WhatsApp.
Bank transfer
- Account name
- ALTAWASUL ALINSANI MALAYSIA
- Bank name
- RHB Bank
- Account number
- 21439460035708
- Transfer reference
- YEMEN2026
After transferring, please send the receipt via WhatsApp: +60 11-5407 0210
Or scan the DuitNow QR code with your banking app or e-wallet
A family displaced today has nothing tonight
Allah, the Most High, says:
Al-Baqarah: 272
Every package funded is one family that sleeps under cover, cooks a meal and drinks clean water. Any amount, however small, makes a difference — and if you cannot give, sharing this campaign is a real contribution in itself.
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Altawasul Alinsani Malaysia was established in Dec 2019 in Malaysia by a group of social figures interested in humanitarian development work. The Foundation aims to support students and researchers to continue their academic studies, and to promote young people to be useful members. Develop the values of responsibility, self-reliance and serving others. Contribute to empowering women, developing their various skills, and involving them in achieving sustainable development for society. It also aims to provide aid and assistance in emergency and disaster situations.
