ADEN Those Losing Homes In War Are Dying in the Outdoors

Violations of human rights regarding homes because of the war that has caused huge damage to the houses in various rates (totally / partially) have explicitly forced a number of families be homeless. Muhammed Abdul-Nabi along with his family members escaped Ma’alla District after being forced to leave his house in the midnight to one of his relatives’ houses in Mansoura District. In the middle of Ramadan, he was ominously contacted by one of his neighbors to be informed that his house was totally destroyed by a missile. Thus, Abdul-Nabi rushed to the house in fear of being burgled to find that his house transformed into wreckage. Indeed, Abdul-Nabi’s story is clearly recurred to a big number of the houses destroyed in Aden; the families left their homes escaping the death to seek for a minimum rate of life. Those whose houses are ravaged by the war are living under complicated living-circumstances with absolute patience of applying real measures regarding re-building their houses. A group of affected families are living at the moment with their relatives while others have returned back to their destroyed houses to be protected from being severely homeless; however, around 100 thousand families are still away from their homes and living in schools. Farida – one of the mothers whose houses were totally destroyed due to war – was forced along with her family’s members to leave her house that stands on Hudjef Mountain to her relative’s house and then to a rented house. When she couldn’t stand bearing the rental costs for 3 months, the house’s owner decided to throw them out into the street. Farida said ” we resorted to rent a house after our 2-floor house was totally destroyed.” She added that we couldn’t stand bearing the rental costs and the owner granted us 4 days more during the Adha Eid holiday, otherwise we would be thrown out into the street. . Adding with clear anger, she mentioned that many decisions issued by the government have showed shrugging off the sufferance of those families that found their houses destroyed and tens of whom might stay later in streets after being expelled from the houses they rented in view of the inability in bearing the rental costs any longer. “We have been in hope of being either given financial reparations or had our house built that was destroyed by the missiles of Arab-alliance aircrafts and Houthi-Saleh aggression,” said Farida. Nevertheless, our consistency was oppositely rewarded by suspended reparations and even driven away homeless in the streets alone, wondering why the reconstruction-allotted amounts are yet to be delivered. She also demonstrated that the aids are currently seen as the factor of stability in the governorate from which the reconstruction file is widely excluded, warning against the perilous repercussions due to that careless file. For her part, Maha Awadh – chairwoman of Wogood for Human Security Foundation (WHSF) – accorded rather care to the file pertaining to those whose houses are totally destroyed, especially the ones who might become homeless, saying that threats of family disintegration or homelessness came to the surface because of the longstanding measures which center much focus on the re-construction process and how to solve citizens-concerned issues. ” There are cases that can’t stand living away from their houses – totally or partially destroyed – while others afforded living under wreckage despite fears of the house collapse.” She added. Awadh also mentioned that the file of the war victims has to be cared enough to help them get better life, stating that the care accorded to such file should not be less than the same urgent care given to the file of injured persons as both are related to the human rights. ” In return, the conditions related to the homelessness and unknown destiny of families that have no houses and experience hard living circumstances must be solved promptly.” She said. In a survey conducted on some samples, Awadh mentioned that most of those targeted were poor and living in complicated conditions as well as must not be left in their whispers, pointing out that the most important action to be taken now is to provide alternative houses to their destroyed ones. Prior to that, sweeps to the affected persons were organized in coordination with the Roads and Public Works office and a meeting was held with the office director to discuss how to solve the affected persons’ conditions; for example, renting alternative houses for the affected families during the re-construction process period that reflects real care in such aspect. In addition to that, Awadh held the authority accountable for the negative repercussions because of being late in showing responsibility towards the re-construction file. She also warned against any slow actions taken in this regard as it will exacerbate the tragic situations in Aden and the sufferance of thousands of families whose houses have been destroyed under the course of war and no appropriate alternatives provided for them in a time when those affected persons actually suffer from late-delivery wages. At last, Awadh confirmed that humanitarian appeals were willingly relayed through media outlets and social communication websites which dealt with the catastrophic reality that involves pressing solutions in Aden where no difference between life and death while its natives are waiting for a hope challenging the slow death to come.