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  •  A portrait of Makito with five of her nine children. Makito supports her nine children and husband who suffers from depression. Through the EU-funded IRC cash assistance program, Makito received four rounds of cash assistance totaling 8900 Ethiopian Birrs—approximately 150 Euros.
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  • A woman holds her child in her home in Awaridi village, Niger
    Climate change and conflict

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  • A young child clings to her mothers shoulder. The child looks towards the photographer while the mother has her backed turned.
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  • Abuk Deng holds her 4 year-old daughter in her arms as they walk away from their flooded home while an IRC nutrition officer walks alongside them.
    Climate crisis
    How do floods create humanitarian crises?
    14 September 2023
  • Libya flooding aftermath
    Libya floods
    How to help after the floods in Libya
    13 September 2023
  • Maryama sits with two friends at a desk in class.
    Impact of coup in Niger
    How has the recent coup impacted Niger?
    31 August 2023
  • Women sit around the table talking and laughing in a Dnipro safe space funded by the EU
    Women in Ukraine crisis
    Meet Ukrainian women finding a respite from war at the IRC women’s centre in Dnipro
    28 August 2023
  • Collage of IRC female frontline humanitarian workers
    World Humanitarian Day
    Meet 6 humanitarian frontline workers making a difference every day
    16 August 2023
  • European refugees saved by the Emergency Rescue Committee on board the Paul-Lemerle, a converted cargo ship sailing from Marseilles to Martinique, May 1941.
    Our history
    The IRC's 90-year journey of innovative solutions
    2 August 2023
  • Bashar Walaya and his wife Lama Araban on a walk in the city center of Nürnberg.
    Pathways to protection
    What is refugee resettlement?
    24 August 2022
  • Photo of former Afghan refugee Noori standing outside his house with his family
    Pathways to protection
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    11 July 2023
  • A medic escorts a survivor, after a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank in international waters in the Ionian Sea, at the port in Kalamata town, on June 14, 2023.
    Shipwreck in Greece
    Greek shipwreck: Everything you need to know
    26 June 2023
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    6 June 2023

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    28 September 2023
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    The IRC and the EU conclude a vital partnership to respond to the needs of conflict affected and internally displaced communities in southwestern Ethiopia

    28 September 2023
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    14 March 2023
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