Wahida made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea with her two sons, to escape persecution. They are now living in Moria on the island of Lesvos. "I just want the best for my family”, she says.

Fatima is a teacher working for the International Rescue Committee in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, using mindfulness techniques to help her class recover from the trauma of conflict.

Mia Farrow recently visited Chad, a country in central Africa where conflict and climate change are making it hard for families to get enough food.

For years, Divin, 28 and Nadine, 24, worried if their family would ever be whole again. The family is finally reunited in safety, after being resettled to the USA.

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

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After losing her family to insurgency, Hafsat now lives in Bakassi, the largest displacement camp in northeast Nigeria.

The humanitarian situation in northwest Syria is at a breaking point. The latest escalation of violence in Idlib province has uprooted more than 235,000 people from their homes, including more than 60,000 children. 

While these countries represent less than 6 percent of the world’s population, they host more than half of all people identified as being in need globally.

Despite being in constant pain from health issues she's had since birth, Alex chooses to focus on assisting families looking for safety and protection. "My job is the only reason I get up in the morning," she says.