Caught up in a brutal war since 2015, Yemen is on the brink of famine. An IRC nutrition manager in Yemen who is expecting her first child talks about her fears for the future and the hope she derives from her team's work.

Falastine, her two younger siblings, and their mother became sick soon after they arrived, two weeks ago, at a camp outside the city of Mogadishu—one of the hundreds of thousands of Somalis displaced from drought-stricken villages.

For over a decade, the IRC provided food, water, and medicine to people trapped in a region enveloped in conflict.

When Venezuela's economy collapsed, Cibel had to leave a child behind to build a new life for her family. Now they are all together in Colombia.

American aid is a mighty defense against conflict, poverty and despair, especially in countries where war and violence has forced millions to flee from the places they once called home. 

The first reported case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Syria, which could lead to one of the most severe outbreaks in the world. Learn how the IRC is responding to COVID-19.