every child here is in need, like safa, wasting away at 13 months. war, hungerand poverty are intertwined here. this is a room full of desperation. mothers have come here to show us how sick, how thin their children are. but this clinic is normally closed. it s been open todayjust because we are here. and doctors say they ll be able to do nothing for these children except send them home. tell me, doctor, why is the clinic normally closed? doctor ali bin ali says the staff are on strike because they haven t been paid for the past four months and can t feed their own children. neither can safa s worried mother. her baby girl is severely malnourished and has
is the clinic normally closed? doctor ali bin ali says the staff are on strike because they haven t been paid for the past four months and can t feed their own children. neither can safa s worried mother. her baby girl is severely malnourished and has a liver complaint. translation: some days| she doesn t have any food, when her father is at sea. when he comes back, we buy food for her. i m very worried about her illness. i m afraid for her. i want to get help for her, 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, safa and many more fight for life.