Nearly a quarter of IRC staff members have been forced to flee their homes as a result of airstrikes and bombings in northwest Syria. This IRC staffer, a native of Syria, shares his heartbreaking story, and why, despite all, he stays to help save lives.

Famines are not common. So what does the declaration of a famine mean and what can we do to help?

A year on, two survivors speak about how their lives were impacted by Cyclone Idai and their gradual road to recovery.