The sea and the desert are two of the most unforgiving environments for humans to survive. But thousands of people making the journey along the so-called Central Mediterranean Route are being left with no choice but to tackle the Earth’s harshest extremities.

IRC president and CEO David Miliband recently visited our programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here he talks about his trip.

As the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS enters its most dangerous phase, desperate Iraqis are fleeing the city despite the danger of rockets, booby traps and snipers.

Meet Lilian Dawa, a South Sudanese social worker in a refugee settlement in Uganda who works tirelessly to protect women and girls from violence.

With help from the IRC and an aviation school in Jordan, two sisters from Syria and their Jordanian friend -- a future pilot, a future flight attendant and a future astronaut -- made their dream of flight a reality.

In Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, two women, Fatuma and Nurto, are best friends, supporting each other through difficult times.

Journey with our medical team as they bring their travelling clinic to the most remote parts of Yemen.

Family planning is one of the most life-saving and empowering interventions in health. Yet misguided assumptions are restricting it from the women and girls who need it most.

Actor and IRC Ambassador Mandy Patinkin traveled to Jordan to share the stories of courageous and extraordinary Syrians who are overcoming trauma and hardship to carve out new lives.

Over a million Iraqis living in Mosul have had their lives turned upside down since ISIS took control of the city in June 2014. Another 200,000 have fled their homes in the last four months as the battle to retake Mosul wages on. It is predicted that the fighting will continue well into 2017, but even when the last of ISIS is driven from the city, the crisis will be far from over.