These photos show the heartbreaking reality of life for Syrian child refugees in Lebanon, who are being forced to work on the streets.

With her country caught in violence and economic collapse, Andrea, 29, is one of the more than one million Venezuelans who have left to start a new life for their family in Colombia.

Many children in Syria have only known a life of war and conflict. Eight years of fighting has put children’s lives on hold and plummeted their futures into uncertainty. But no matter where they are – children deserve the right to play, to feel safe and to have fun. At our EU-funded Safe Healing and Learning Space in Idlib, Syria, we organised a fun and games day to give children the chance to be children again.

The International Rescue Committee has been working in Yemen since 2012. We are one of the largest non-governmental health providers in Yemen, supporting primary health facilities, emergency obstetric and newborn care centres, and hundreds of health workers.

The International Rescue Committee has been working in Ethiopia since 2000, providing essential aid to over 100,000 refugees and more than 500,000 Ethiopians affected by natural disasters. In 2013, the IRC in Ethiopia opened the largest water system for any refugee camp in the world.

Programmatic highlights to illustrate some of our achievements in 2021.

Since 2000, the IRC has provided a wide range of assistance for refugees living in camps and for Ethiopian communities throughout the country that have been affected by drought, flooding, conflict and COVID-19.

The IRC has been working in Afghanistan since 1988, providing aid to Afghans impacted by conflict and disaster. We work with thousands of villages across nine provinces and provide education, protection, water and sanitation, and economic recovery programmes.

The IRC has worked in Yemen since 2012 and is one of the largest nongovernmental health actors in the country. We support primary health facilities and mobile health teams, including in hard-to-reach areas.