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.

After fleeing South Sudan to Uganda, Grace Awate is now a leader in her community, acting as the head of her village’s IRC-supported women and girls’ center where she helps empower women to become financially independent.

Alina’s family were among the more than 1.5 million Mosul residents trapped when ISIS captured the city in 2014. They died in an airstrike when coalition forces targeted the ISIS fighters who took over their home.

The first thing this family did upon arriving to America from El Salvador was get to work, study, and make a better life for their new community as well as themselves.

Nearly a half-decade of war in Yemen has turned the country into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Four mothers explain how the conflict has impacted their families.

After losing her husband to the war in South Sudan, social worker Lilian Dawa fled with her two young children to Uganda, where she helps other refugee women as an IRC community volunteer.

Two months ago, sisters Marta* and Oksana* were living peaceful lives in the same Ukrainian town where they were born, married and spent their entire lives. They spoke to the IRC about how they made sudden and difficult decision to abandon everything they’ve ever known, and to seek safety with their children.

On April 6 last year, Gloria Ibrahim, 29, and her family woke to the clatter of gunfire. They ran outside to find a cadre from Boko Haram, the radical Islamist militia that controls parts of northeastern Nigeria, rounding up villagers.