Bisharo and Nurad are two 35-year-old mothers living in Ethiopia, where a combination of climate shocks and conflict has deepened the food insecurity. Though different circumstances caused them to become displaced, they have come to share the same daily goal: to gain access to food that will keep their children well-nourished and healthy.

By the time mothers bring their malnourished children to the IRC health facility in the Imvepi refugee settlement, in the north-west part of Uganda, they are often deeply worried because their child is in an extremely weakened state. As the IRC nutrition assistant that meets them, Esther, 28, gives hope to these mothers, letting them know she is there to support their child and to help provide the critical care they need.

20-year-old Erika and her son Deivy have made a long journey from Venezuela to Medellin, Colombia's second largest city.

Ketty works with children who have arrived in Greece alone and sees how their hope and dignity is restored when they are given the right support.

Karima is a woman from Iraq, living alone with her four children in an independent living apartment in Athens, Greece. Read her story.

In northeast Nigeria, community leaders and government representatives are coming together in hopes of achieving a common goal: to improve their neighbourhoods.