Over 800 million people don’t have access to safe drinking water. Here’s what the IRC is doing to help.

Boubacar Tahirou has experienced both unimaginable loss and remarkable transformation in his 45 years. Originally from Adab-dab, a village in Niger, bandit violence forced him to flee his peaceful farming life and start anew amid displacement. In addition to rebuilding his own life, Boubacar currently serves as a leader of an EMAP (Engaging Men in Accountable Practices) program — educating and engaging the men in his community in protecting women and girls from gender-based violence.

The 2024 Emergency Watchlist identifies and debunks five myths that have captured the discourse surrounding the world’s most pressing humanitarian crises.

“Girls with hijab struggle to find clothes. So, I thought there should be a store here that solves that.”

Forced to undertake a long and dangerous journey, those already returning to Afghanistan are in urgent need of humanitarian support.

Three years after Afghanistan’s change of government, millions across the country are enduring a humanitarian crisis. This is what the international community can do to help.

As Syria has entered its fourteenth year of war, its health infrastructure has almost completely broken down and what remains of it is on the verge of collapse. With support from the EU, IRC teams have trained clinical staff and health workers providing reproductive health treatments to women in need.