Discover the inspiring journey of Mercy, a 25-year-old mother from Cameroon, who, after enduring multiple displacements, reclaimed her independence and ensured her family's future with the collaborative support of IRC and the EU.

On 30 May 2023, 40-year-old Raouda gave birth to her third child, a healthy baby boy called Abdelrahim Arba Zackaria. Only two weeks before the birth, she did not think she would see her child be born alive. “What if I went into labor in the bush with my [toddler] strapped to my back? How would I manage?”

With the help of the IRC’s EU-funded safe spaces, Ameera can have a support network to deal with the aftermath of displacement and war.

With funding from the EU, the IRC helps young Syrian girls in Lebanon counter gender-based violence and prejudice. Meet Sabah, the girl who freed herself from a forced marriage at the age of 13.

Since 2011 the ongoing war in Syria, which was worsened by the earthquake near the border between Türkiye in February 2023, has displaced around 1.5 million Syrians into Lebanon. Protection intervention is still of vital importance for countless affected families - and especially for adolescent girls.