Amina has been fighting to keep alive what's left of her humanitarian lifeline in Yemen. She feels heartbroken to see the aid group she founded years ago falling apart.
"I remember how 1,600 poor families were deprived of cash because the Houthis insisted on getting a share of the money," she says.
Like many other local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Amina's operations have been highly restricted by the Iran-backed Houthi movement, the de-facto rulers of north-western Yemen.
Amina says her NGO, which we are not identifying for security reasons, usually performs thorough checks on beneficiaries before handing out aid. "The Houthis wanted to give cash to 300 families of their own selection," she says.
She asked the Houthis to put their request to the international donor, as she could not justify giving financial packages to families she knew nothing about. Ultimately, she says, the initiative failed and none of the 1600 families got any money.
