Ways to obtain water in Hajjah reflects the crisis in the country

Yemenis in Hajjah Governorate, most of them women and children, go daily, early in the morning on an arduous journey, carrying plastic containers in search of water.

Amidst a large number of plastic sheets, they wait for a long time to get water in the heat of the sun and the dust of the desert. According to the International Red Cross, more than 15 million people use costly and time-consuming methods to get enough water every day.

The director of the Health Office in Hajjah, Tariq Heba, said that the open drinking water wells are one of the factors of cholera and skin diseases in the governorate.

Yemen is one of the poorest countries in terms of water reserves, and one of the countries facing an acute water crisis for various reasons, including the pollution of underground basins, the random drilling of artesian wells, and the widespread cultivation of the qat tree.