300 persons - males and females - are the total number of patients of Dar-ul-Salam Psychiatry Hospital in the Governorate of Hodeidah. These are people who have been stripped of their normal behavior by the harshness of life and precarious living conditions, which also removed them from their normal social settings. The patients have been admitted into the hospital for treatment for mental disorders, and for rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

Sundown and its reflection in the sea water in Hodeidah forms a wonderful  painting that embodies the splendor of nature. It's a picture that reflects the beauty of life in this area - a scene loved by millions of people. However, on the other side, there are women and children who have a totally different story to tell: A story of hardship and suffering from disease caused by polluted water.

There is hardly a day without a quarrel between the residents of Al-Ansar neighborhood in Houta Lahj. The farm is emerging and lacks sanitation and the street (spaced between houses) is not more than two meters, which is available to the residents to dig wells and drain sewage.

Salah Mohammed, a 12-year-old from the Hermel district of Marib Al-Wadi school, left the school and started moving water to the houses from his village's water supply tank because there was no pumping line for distributing water to the houses. Such thing makes women and children responsible for bringing water to homes daily, people are unable to afford the financial burden of installing the water line to their homes.

Um Saleh lost her husband five years ago. She has replaced her husband as the bread winner in the five-member household – three females, the oldest of whom is 12 years old, and a six-year old boy.

In the rainy season, the road turns into swamps of stagnant water and a source of foul smell that smells in the neighborhoods. It also provides an environment suitable for infectious diseases such as fever and malaria.

Samar, a ten years old girl from al-Hamrah village of Udain District - the Governorate of Ibb- went out in the morning as usual to fetch water. She and a number of young girls from her village headed for the Manboosh spring in Qadeef Valley. Samar didn't know what fate awaits her that day. She didn't know it was the last time she would go out to fetch water and may not come home alive.

Al-Kharba Primary School is the only school for four villages belonging to the rural areas of Mukalla in Hadramout. It has been built by the residents 24 years ago. Since then, it has not undergone any maintenance or restoration to get out of service. It become unmotivated for the residents to encourage their children on the education , especially females.