Conflict, economic shocks and climate change have left record numbers of people facing extreme hunger in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.

Sanctions are preventing critical humanitarian assistance from reaching the country, even as 4.3 million people are in need of aid.

Determined to stay in Ukraine, Tetiana found shelter in an EU and IRC supported shelter with her daughters.

A Safe Healing and Learning Space (SHLS) is a secure, caring and predictable place where children and adolescents living in conflict and crisis settings can learn, develop and be protected. The SHLS Toolkit provides child protection and education practitioners with all of the content needed to initiate an SHLS program.

Humanitarian need and political instability grow as armed groups expand their control of northern Burkina Faso. Learn more about why Burkina Faso features on the IRC’s 2023 Emergency Watchlist....