The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, is warning the ongoing crisis in Yemen is fostering a humanitarian catastrophe. Already one of the poorest nations on the planet, Yemeni residents are now struggling with widespread water and fuel shortages. Half of Yemeni children suffer from stunted growth, the highest rate in the world. Some 15,000 people have already uprooted by the nation’s violence, but the United Nations fears that number could rise to as much as 40,000. The majority of the displaced are women and children.