>>JENNIFER READY: AS MANY DEMAND CHANGE HERE IN AMERICA, YEMEN IS DEALING WITH THE
WORLD’S WORST
HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. THE 5
YEAR WAR HAS COST MORE THAN
10,000 LIVES AND DISPLACED
2 MILLION PEOPLE. THE UN HAS
WARNED THAT THE DEATH TOLL FROM
THE CORONAVIRUS IN YEMEN COULD
SURPASS THE COMBINED DEATH TOLL
OF WAR, DISEASE AND
HUNGER OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS.
JOINING ME NOW WITH MORE ON HOW
WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS
SITUATION IS BEST MIGHT ALLOW
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME AND CAN YOU GIVE US
SOME PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THE
SITUATION IS LIKE IN YEMEN
RIGHT NOW. I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING
MANY ACTIVISTS IN THE PAST
COUPLE OF ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE
BEEN AND CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE
ON THE GROUND THERE AN
ORGANIZATION ON
THE GROUND.
>> THE SITUATION IS REALLY
THERE’S NO CLEAN WATER.
OF COURSE COVID-19 HITS THEY
ARE NOT
OUR SHARED WITH PEOPLE ON HOW
MANY CASES ARE THERE. NO ON
HEALTH SYSTEM. AND OVER AS YOU JUST MISSION OF OUR 100,000 OF PEOPLE
WERE KILLED OVER 85,000
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN A DIE
BECAUSE
OF HUNGER AND OVER 3.6 MILLION
DISPLACED PEOPLE THERE. SO THE
SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE THE
PROBLEM IS NOT MANY MEDIA
COVERING THAT.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND ALREADY
DEALING WITH SO MUCH WITH THIS
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS TO THEN BE
IMPACTED BY COVID-19. WHAT IS
THAT LOOKING LIKE FOR YEMEN.
>> ACTUALLY WHEN I SPOKE WITH
COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO WITH
ORGANIZATION THERE. THEY SAID
IS NOTHING COMPARED WITH
EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING THEY
ARE
DEALING WITH MANY DISEASE AND
COVID-19 JUST ADDED TO
THE SITUATION. AND THEY HAVE
MANY BUT I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY
EYES WILL BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE DEMANDS
THAT THEY SHARED IS OF CALLING
THEIR REPRESENTATIVE AND ASKING
THE U.S. TO STOP SUPPORTING.
THE THERE AND ALSO ON
SUPPORTING SOME ORGANIZATION
WAS DOING WORK ON THE GROUND
LIKE YOUR HEAD AND
MARCI BAKERY AND YEMEN 8.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR PEOPLE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR SO
MANY PEOPLE YOU KNOW
THEY’RE NOT SEEING THIS IN THE
HEADLINES EVERY DAY HOW
IMPORTANT IS IT FOR PEOPLE HERE
IN AMERICA TO LEARN ABOUT
WHAT’S GOING ON IN YEMEN RIGHT
NOW.
>> I I AS A
FORMER REFUGEE, A HEARING ALL
OF THESE NUMBERS OF DISPLACED
PEOPLE IS JUST LIKE BRING A LOT
OF TRAUMA
WITHIN ME. SADLY
THE UNITED ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE
THAT THE WARS IN YEMEN AND IN
COUNTRIES
LIKE IRAQ AND JUST A STARTING
OUT KIND OF FLOORS AND THEN
PULLING YOUR HANDS OUT OF IT.
ENOUGH SUPPORTING OF PEOPLE AND
THESE DISPLACED PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD IS JUST REALLY
HARMFUL.
OZ WE SHOULD LEARN OUR LESSONS
WE SHOULD NOT SUPPORT. ELECT
ITS WHO
SUPPORTS WARS BECAUSE IN THE
END WHAT’S GOING WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN AFRICA AND IN THAT
ARAB COUNTRIES IT’S GOING TO
AFFECT US SOMEHOW.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND HERE AT
HOME WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO IN THE
NORTHEAST FLORIDA COMMUNITY
TO HELP.
>> I THINK FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE
ALREADY REFUGEES WHO LIVE IN
JACKSONVILLE THAT MANY PEOPLE
COULD HELP
WE HAVE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
WHO.
HERE IN JACKSONVILLE LIKE
CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND LOSERS,
SOCIAL SERVICES THAT WE COULD
SUPPORT BUT ALSO BOLTING TO THE
RIGHT PEOPLE. WHO REALLY CARE AND NOT CREATING MORE WARS AND WELCOME REFUGEES IN OUR HOMES.
IT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND ARE THERE
ANY LOCAL EVENTS COMING UP IN
THE NEAR FUTURE FOR PEOPLE TO
KNOW ABOUT YES SO IN
CELEBRATION OF WORLD REFUGEE
DAY THAT TOOK PLACE LAST
WEEKEND ALSO.
>> THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
REFUGEE ACT.
WE BEEN CELEBRATING THROUGH
LEARNING ABOUT THE REFUGEES
AND IMMIGRANTS AND BUSINESS
OWNERS WHO LIVE IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA THROUGH 6 VIRTUAL
EVENTS CALLED TARDY TABLE
WE HAVE BEEN ALREADY SHARING
THESE STORIES EVERY SATURDAY
AND THE EVENT WILL BE THIS
COMING FRIDAY. AND IT WILL BE A
VIRTUAL AS WELL LEARNING ABOUT
A CHEF WHO LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE