Twenty-two million people in Yemen need humanitarian aid as their country's civil war enters its fourth year. The health system has been decimated and, across the country, one child under five dies every 10 minutes from preventable causes.

Since a horrific sectarian war erupted in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2012, thousands of people have been killed. Nearly a million people have fled their homes. The International Rescue Committee asks New Yorkers what needs to happen to end one of the most forgotten humanitarian crisis in the world.

Twenty million people face extreme hunger in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria because of a deadly combination of drought and conflict. The International Rescue Committee is bringing malnutrition screenings and health care to communities in crisis.

IRC mobile medical teams bring nutrition screenings and healthcare to communities in northwestern Nigeria where health services have been destroyed by war. The IRC and our partners also help children heal from the trauma of the conflict.

Since early June, tens of thousands of Iraqis have fled Islamic State militants who have targeted religious minorities in a violent rampage across northwestern Iraq. Thousands remain in need of food, water, shelter and safety. Last month, the militants attacked one of Iraq’s oldest minorities, the Yazidi people of Sinjar.