It may seem trivial, but as the cause of death for 760,000 children under the age of five annually, diarrhea is no joke. Here are some facts you may not have known about the disease:

The IRC and Sesame Workshop have won $100 million in the MacArthur 100andChange competition to deliver the largest transformative early learning program for more than nine million refugee children in the Middle East.

Through counseling and creative activities, thirteen-year-old Nada regained a sense of hope, security and confidence.

Opera singer Danielle de Niese visits IRC child protection programs in Tanzania.

A new day is dawning for Ahmed, a 17-year-old refugee from Syria. Rescued from the streets of Athens, he found a safe space to stay with the IRC in Greece and is now on his way to be reunited with his uncle in Germany.

As another caravan of Central American survivors of violence and abuse makes its way to the United States border, here’s what you need to know about the situation.