Renewed clashes between the Iran-aligned Houthi movement and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces in the Taiz region (a contested southwestern province) have displaced more than 130,000 people since September, forcing families to abandon homes, livelihoods, and schooling. Thirteen-year-old Muneer Farie, who once dreamed of becoming a teacher, now sells socks in a market outside a displacement camp after fleeing his village in al-Wazeyah district, while a nearby school serving over 600 pupils shut its doors after a missile struck close to its grounds. The escalation, which broke a period of relative stability following a UN-brokered ceasefire in 2022, adds to a pre-existing crisis in which more than 3.2 million Yemeni children had already lost access to education, with aid workers warning that prolonged displacement will push more children into child labour.