Yemeni gives her time and wages to treat children malnourished by war

Volunteer health worker Ashwaq Muharram obtains the information about a boy as she assesses his nutritional status in Abs, Yemen August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Eissa Alragehi NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

HAJJAH (Reuters) - In the poor village of Jarb in northern Yemen, Ashwaq Mahmoud gives her time and spare cash to provide basic health services that people there could not otherwise reach or afford.

The 23-year-old Mahmoud was trained by the United Nations children's agency UNICEF as a community health worker after a village elder noticed her helping displaced people fleeing the frontlines of Yemen's war.