“Fatima, 12, is only skin and bones”
“The emaciated girl has become a symbol for many in Yemen”
“She is, literally, only skin and bones.”
“Fatima, 12, lives under a tree with his dad and his ten brothers and sisters.”
“She weighs just ten pounds and is one of all the children in Yemen who are at risk to starve to death unless help comes.”
“The appalling images on the extremely emaciated the girl is now spread over the world, as a cry for help.”
“Fatima Ibrahim Hadi is on the green sheets on sjukvårdskliniken in the Aslam in the northwestern province of Hajjah in Yemen.”
“The orangemönstrade the dress hides her body underneath, it is possible to count every rib and every vertebra in the spine.”
“Her arms and legs are thin as sticks – just the knees sticking out.”
“– All the fat reserves in her body has been used, all that is left is just the bones, ” says Makiah al-Aslami, a doctor and head of clinic where Fatima cared for to the Reuters news agency.”
“– She has the most extreme form of malnutrition.”
“the War in Yemen has been going on for four years. “
“the Fighting and the economic collapse have driven over 10 million people on the run.”
“According to Save the Children already has 85 000 children died of starvation and malnutrition in the last five years.”
“80 per cent of the country’s population – 24 million people – need help.”
“Dr. Aslami tells Reuters that at her clinic has 14 people have died of malnutrition since the end of last year.”
“this month she has treated more 40 pregnant women, who have suffered severe malnutrition.”
“– So in the coming months, I expect to get 43 underweight children, ” she says.”
“twelve-year-old Fatima Ibrahim Had is one of all those who were on the run.”
“She and henens dad and her siblings were forced to leave their homes near the border to saudi Arabia because of the bombing.”
“since Then, they have lived there, under a tree.”
“– We don’t have money to get food for. All we have is what our neighbors and relatives give us, ” says Fatima’s older sister.”
“Their dad is unemployed and spend their days sitting under the tree.”
“to save the Fatima searched the family first in vain the help of two other hospitals.”
“Thanks to the money from a relative, they could finally bring Fatima to the doctor Aslamis clinic.”
“Here she could finally get help.”
“the Doctor expects it will take a month to build up her body and soul.”
“But she is not alone – there are many, many more who need help.”
“And many more will die so long as the war just continues.”
“FM calls it one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.”
” If we had stayed where we were and starving, no one had known about us. We have no future, ” says Fatima’s older sister.”
