In a painful scene that made millions of Yemenis cry, a video clip showed a Yemeni girl who misses her father, who was kidnapped by the war, so she went to visit him, to find her heart bounces between her ribs, ahead of her steps and her breath, eager to fall on his chest, raising her arms to embrace his grave with bitter childish sadness.
The video spread on social media platforms in the sad country, and Yemeni activists described it as representing the childhood of a country orphaned by war, the pain of a bleeding people with eagerness, and an innocent embrace broken by interests and agendas, in which a little girl did not exceed five years old, to ignite the feelings of millions around the world when it was published on the platform “Tik Tok”, as it embodies the tragedies of thousands of Yemeni children, who are war orphans and victims of bloody conflicts that have multiplied the numbers of young displaced people, those of unknown descent and the homeless in the streets, shelters and tents open to cold, fear and deprivation.
80 thousand orphans were deprived of the cannons of the word Papa and Mama
According to the comments of human rights advocates and media professionals, more than 80,000 Yemeni orphans have been deprived of the words “Papa and Mama” from the mouths of tanks and cannons due to the continuing pace of the war, which has entered its eighth year.
In addition, activists commented on the video, saying: “This video is nothing but a simple example of the terrible tragedies that break the hearts of Yemenis every day.” Yasmine Al-Ansi adds: “The file of war orphans in Yemen must be brought to the table of the new Presidential Council members.” While Abdulaziz Badwan said: “This child represents the pain of thousands of orphans who do not find a hug, lineage, or shelter. They only wish for the warmth of a tent that contains them from the cold, sun and harm.”
orphans of war
Displaced between the horror of sniping and bombing
It is noteworthy that the war machine in the city of Taiz only left about 10,000 orphaned children, and crushed the passion of parenting on its way. , passing through Al Dhale’e, Aden, Lahj and even Aden.
Orphaned children in wartime
On the other hand, war dealers and arms brokers still refuse to deviate from peace, while their children are enjoying in their arms, without realizing that war needs more victims as firewood to continue its borrowing, and they must obtain their share of heartburn, bitterness and pain, and that if it does not subside or put its weight down, it will make The sons of Yemeni wisdom are falling as orphans and their women are widows, and their country is wrecked among the rubble of a present and a future of ashes.
Shocking numbers.. Orphans of war, people of determination, sick and depressed
According to information collected by Al-Arabiya.net, the numbers of war orphans in Yemen for nearly 8 years have doubled year after year, reaching more than 80,000 out of a total of 1,100,000 orphans in Yemen, according to the statistics of the Yemeni Orphan Foundation, which indicates Also, about 3% of orphans suffer from disabilities and 4% suffer from mental illnesses and depression.
The information also indicated that the continuation of the war mills added thousands more orphans who had not been counted, after losing many heads of families due to the outbreak of conflicts that increased the suffering of orphans.