Daniel, an ex-soldier from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, fled to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya in the mid-nineties. He suffers from post-traumatic stress. The International Rescue Committee provides mental health and psychosocial support.

Young men, trying to escape from militia, have been gunned down in Bani Walid, Libya, about 180 miles from Tripoli. Could the IRC assist? The only answer is yes.

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.

Since the onset of the Syria conflict in March 2011, civilians have borne the brunt of the violence and health facilities have been targeted as a strategy of war.