Download - Yemen Humanitarian Response | YEMEN

The analysis of the information is indicative of the alarming rates of some degree of foodinsecurity in Lahj governorate, where the households in the Lowland ecological zones with thehighest levels of household food insecurity.Table 17: Household coping strategies, Lahj governorate, July 2012Lowland MountainousEcological Zone% N % NCoping strategiesReduce meal size 43.0 243 28.8 202Reduce number of meals 36.0 287 22.0 155Go to bed at night hungry 25.4 203 13.8 97Credit and loan liabilityCredit/mortage or borrow money to buy food 69.4 554 67.8 478Reduce expenditure on education to purchase food 25.2 201 17.2 1214.8. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene4.8.1. Household drinking water and safe water practicesTable 18 shows that among all households, the majority (72% in Mountain and 83% in Lowland)were using improved sources 18 of drinking water. Differences become apparent whencomparing Lowland with Mountain communities by type of improved water sources. Amongthe Lowland communities, the majority (30%) had water piped into the dwelling, while 12% hadit piped into the yard and 19.6% used open protected well source. Among the Mountainousareas, the majority (22%) were using covered rainwater collection tank, 16.7% water tanker andfurther 15.6% water piped into the house.Overall, few households treat water for drinking purposes (5.5% in Mountain and 2.8% inLowland). Of those households that do treat, most boil (51.3%) and few filter it through cleancloth (20.5%) in Mountainous areas, while In Lowland most filter the water through clean cloth(50.0%), with fewer households boiling the water (36.4%).18 Improved drinking water source is defined as being one of the following: piped into dwelling, piped into yard,protected well, protected spring, rainwater collection or bottled water.41