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They have no tribe affiliation in a country where belonging to a tribe is vital for securing protection, status and livelihood.And as Yemen's civil war has worsened conditions for all citizens, the Marginalised community has been acutely affected.As airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition have shattered their makeshift homes, some families have been thrown into constant displacement with no one to take them in.Hakma Ahmed Said tidies the tented structure she now calls home.\"We have no house, no sugar, no flour. We are sleeping in the streets. We have nothing,\" she complains.Official government statistics have put their population at around 500,000, but marginalised activists say they number around 3 million. UNICEF has estimated they amount to about 10 percent of the population, or 2.6 million. For generations, they have been treated as a permanent underclass. Yemenis call them unclean and tell their children not to mingle with them. They are traditionally called the \"Akhdam,\" or \"servants.\" \"The state is practising discrimination against us on all levels from employment to residence. The street is humiliating us and deals with us with degradation,\" says Yahia Saleh Said, head of the Yemeni Organisation Against Discrimination.Taiz has the largest number of marginalised groups, according to UNICEF.In a 2014 survey, it found high levels of poverty and low levels of education, all far worse than national averages. Only half the children were in school, 80 percent of the adults and nearly 52 percent of 10-14-year-olds were illiterate. More than half the children under one year old had not been immunised. But many of the marginalised families have now fled this area.The buildings have been battered by airstrikes with some now uninhabitable.Hossn Salem sorts through the rubble.\"What remains today from the marginalised people's houses is just memories of the past in return for what they suffer from today,\" she says.Members of the marginalised community have been forced to take shelter in a school building.A mother and daughter complete school work - it could be a long time before formal lessons return to this place.Mesk Mohammed, an activist, says the building is \"not appropriate\" for the marginalised.\"The main dangers are based on their health due to the polluted water that they collect from the rain which results in the spread of the diseases and epidemics that aggravate their problems,\" she explains.As the rain buckets down, life in this makeshift camp continues.A child washes clothes in the downpour.\"The suffering of marginalised people will not stop if no one will look after their needs and concerns,\" says Mansour Kaid, a marginalised person. The war's death toll among the marginalised is difficult to verify because few pay attention to their ranks. The Yemeni Organisation Against Discrimination says it has documented more than 300 killed, including 68 children and 56 women. But it believes the true number is likely much higher. LEAD IN:As the war continues in Yemen, a community known as 'the marginalised' are facing particular hardships.Long considered the country's underclass, the ongoing violence has worsened their already difficult situation.STORY-LINE:It's not the kind of environment where most parents would wish to raise their children.But these people have little choice.Yemen's \"Muhammasheen\" or \"the Marginalised\" are a dark-skinned ethnic group that for centuries has been consigned to the bottom of the country's social scale.Shunned and faced with discrimination, they live in shantytowns on the outskirts of cities.Hassan Mohammed Nagy and his family are part of a community that numbers anywhere between 500,000 and 3 million people.They fled here from Taiz.\"We are marginalised; we have no value, when we complain no one listens to us,\" he says.The Muhammasheen are often refused schooling and work menial jobs like shoe-shining and street cleaning, or turn to begging. They have no tribe affiliation in a country where belonging to a tribe is vital for securing protection, status and livelihood.And as Yemen's civil war has worsened conditions for all citizens, the Marginalised community has been acutely affected.As airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition have shattered their makeshift homes, some families have been thrown into constant displacement with no one to take them in.Hakma Ahmed Said tidies the tented structure she now calls home.\"We have no house, no sugar, no flour. We are sleeping in the streets. We have nothing,\" she complains.Official government statistics have put their population at around 500,000, but marginalised activists say they number around 3 million. UNICEF has estimated they amount to about 10 percent of the population, or 2.6 million. For generations, they have been treated as a permanent underclass. Yemenis call them unclean and tell their children not to mingle with them. They are traditionally called the \"Akhdam,\" or \"servants.\" \"The state is practising discrimination against us on all levels from employment to residence. The street is humiliating us and deals with us with degradation,\" says Yahia Saleh Said, head of the Yemeni Organisation Against Discrimination.Taiz has the largest number of marginalised groups, according to UNICEF.In a 2014 survey, it found high levels of poverty and low levels of education, all far worse than national averages. Only half the children were in school, 80 percent of the adults and nearly 52 percent of 10-14-year-olds were illiterate. More than half the children under one year old had not been immunised. But many of the marginalised families have now fled this area.The buildings have been battered by airstrikes with some now uninhabitable.Hossn Salem sorts through the rubble.\"What remains today from the marginalised people's houses is just memories of the past in return for what they suffer from today,\" she says.Members of the marginalised community have been forced to take shelter in a school building.A mother and daughter complete school work - it could be a long time before formal lessons return to this place.Mesk Mohammed, an activist, says the building is \"not appropriate\" for the marginalised.\"The main dangers are based on their health due to the polluted water that they collect from the rain which results in the spread of the diseases and epidemics that aggravate their problems,\" she explains.As the rain buckets down, life in this makeshift camp continues.A child washes clothes in the downpour.\"The suffering of marginalised people will not stop if no one will look after their needs and concerns,\" says Mansour Kaid, a marginalised person. The war's death toll among the marginalised is difficult to verify because few pay attention to their ranks. The Yemeni Organisation Against Discrimination says it has documented more than 300 killed, including 68 children and 56 women. But it believes the true number is likely much higher. AP TELEVISIONSanaa, Yemen - 27 April 20161. Girl inside a shantytown in Sanaa2. Various of woman making tea3. Wide of shantytown 4. Various of Hassan Mohammed Nagy and his children inside house5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassan Mohammed Nagy, shantytown resident: \"We are marginalised, we have no value, when we complain no one listens to us.\" 6. Various of shantytown7. Hakma Ahmed Said folding mattress in her house8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hakma Ahmed Said, shantytown resident:\"We have no house, no sugar, no flour. We are sleeping in the streets. We have nothing.\"9. Children watching TV10. Various of tyres that have been cut to collect water11. Tilt down of woman sweeping floor12. Various of flooded ground and sodden material lying in the water13. Children picking clothes from the rubbish14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Yahia Saleh Said, head of the Yemeni Organisation Against Discrimination:\"We the 'servants' suffer from social and official isolation. The state is practising discrimination against us on all levels from employment to residence. The street is humiliating us and deals with us with degradation.\"  AP TELEVISIONTaiz, Yemen - 9 April 201615. Man walking past house damaged in conflict16. Various of rubble 17. Man sitting in street18. Hossn Salem sorting through rubble19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hossn Salem, shantytown resident: \"What remains today from the marginalised people's houses is just memories of the past in return for what they suffer from today.\" 20. Small boy next to rubble21. Wide of school building where marginalised people now live22. Various of mother helping child with studies23. Various of Mesk Mohammed, activist, looking at area24. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mesk Mohammed, activist:\"The marginalised groups have taken this school as a place to live in as they were displaced, even though it is not appropriate for them. They use it for all living needs in the face of these hardships, suffering and the lack of basic necessities for life. And in spite of the poor living conditions, the main dangers are based on their health due to the polluted water that they collect from the rain which results in the spread of the diseases and epidemics that aggravate their problems.\" 25. Woman carrying container in the rain26. Child washing clothes in the rain27. Girls talking in the rain28. Little boy eating in the rain29. Mansour Kaid, marginalised person, with a group of children30. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mansour Kaid, marginalised person: \"The suffering of marginalised people will not stop if no one will look after their needs and concerns.\" 31. 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