On World Humanitarian Day - and every day of the year - the IRC acknowledges the massive contributions made by our frontline staff working in 40 countries around the world to serve people affected by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and rebuild their lives.

International Rescue Committee Annual Report 2017

The world's worst humanitarian crisis is in Yemen

Right now, an Iraqi military operation to retake the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul is underway and 200,000 terrified citizens are expected to flee the city in the first weeks. Without clear routes for families to escape safely, hundreds of thousands of people may be caught in the fighting.

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.