but our situation is hard. the mothers drift away, left to fend for themselves. increasingly, this is the story of yemen. there are deep cuts in aid across the country. and as foreign donors hesitate, safaa and many more fight for life. her mother knows where this road can lead to. she has already buried four of her nine children because of disease and malnutrition. back home, safaa is in the arms of herfather, anwar talib. he is a third generation fisherman whose life is overshadowed by war. he tells me he can no longer send his children to school and it s a battle to feed them. translation: i don t work every day.
of herfather, anwar talib. he is a third generation fisherman whose life is overshadowed by war. he tells me he can no longer send his children to school and it s a battle to feed them. translation: i don t work every day. i go to sea for 15 20 days and catch what i can, god willing. sometimes i find fish, sometimes i don t. for the past three months, i had no work. he says he has already married off two of his older daughters because he couldn t provide for them. the girls are 1a and 15. for safaa, there is some hope. we bring her parents to a local clinic that is functioning. her tiny body is racked with pain.