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A health workers writes notes as he examines a child sitting on his father's lap

Follow a mobile health team treating children in Yemen's remotest villages

IRC mobile health teams in war-torn Yemen are delivering lifesaving medical services to people living in remote mountainous regions. Follow one team on its weekly journey to the village of Mosuk to treat malnourished children, many suffering from cholera.

ArticleOctober 16, 2018
Dr. Bushra holds a baby in Yemen

Yemeni doctor fights for women’s health

It’s no small feat to be a woman in Yemen living without your family. Helping mothers give birth during a pandemic, in the most remote regions of a war-torn country, make this 27-year-old a courageous role model.

ArticleMarch 5, 2021

Portraits of courageous Somali mothers fighting to survive hunger

Somalia is facing a severe drought. More than two million people could die of starvation by September. Meet some brave mothers determined to give their families a chance for a better future.

ArticleJuly 31, 2019
Muska, left, from Afghanistan with her friend Mary.

Birthdays and baby showers: a refugee's first friend in America

At first, Muska Haseeb, a refugee from Afghanistan, was scared to come to America. “I cried so much on the plane,” she recalls. “I didn't know anyone, didn’t speak English...how was I going to integrate?”

ArticleMarch 17, 2020
A mother and father in Afghanistan sit on the ground among blankets and pillows, each with a child on their lap. The boy in the front is smiling and his father is looking at him.

How the IRC helps in Afghanistan

Our work in Afghanistan, which has from the start spanned “the arc of crisis” from conflict to resettlement, has never been more urgent and crucial.

ArticleAugust 23, 2021
Zulaykha, an Afghan mother of four, holds her one-year-old son

As crisis worsens, Afghan women brace for a hungry winter

Twenty-four million people in Afghanistan are in urgent need of aid. Women and girls increasingly bear the brunt of violence and of a hunger crisis that threatens to overwhelm the country.

ArticleDecember 12, 2021
Two Syrian women plumbers in Jordan

The plumber: an unexpected path

After escaping the war in Syria, two friends start a unique plumbing business to support themselves and their families.

ArticleSeptember 28, 2016
Bashar stands and talks to two of his colleagues, who are sitting on the mobile stage Bashar uses. One colleague with a blue hat is clapping his hands while the other colleague, a woman, holds a cello

Meet Bashar: the Syrian artist making magic with his mobile theater

Theater director and Syrian refugee Bashar always dreamed of having creative control over his art and being able to express himself freely. Now, he puts on his own productions.

ArticleFebruary 4, 2022

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