The violent seven-year conflict originating in Nigeria has intensified in the last three years and spread across borders into Niger, Chad and Cameroon, causing a growing humanitarian crisis in a region known as the Lake Chad Basin.

Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand - The International Rescue Committee is assisting over 700 Burmese refugees who were left homeless after fire broke out in the Ban Mae Nai Soi refugee camp in northern Thailand on April the 7th. Nearly 200 houses were destroyed in the fire, along with a school and several IRC health training facilities.

The International Rescue Committee is providing health care and emergency cash to uprooted families living in dire conditions.