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Boko Haram, the world’s deadliest terror group, has forced nearly 2 million people to flee their homes. In October 2017 ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ president David Miliband went to Borno state in northeastern Nigeria to hear the stories and the needs of Nigeria's most vulnerable people. The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ is on the ground providing health and education programs, access to clean water and safe spaces for women and children. 

In June 2015, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ president David Miliband met with some of the 150,000 refugees from northeastern Nigeria who have fled to neighboring Niger to escape attacks by Boko Haram militants.

In northeastern Nigeria, 14.9 million people's lives have been shattered by the war on Boko Haram. More than 60% of those in need are children like Aisha, who saw the terrorists kill her uncle. When 11-year-old Aisha fled her home, she also had to leave school behind.

The war against Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terror group, has created massive displacement and famine-like conditions for 14.8 million people in northeastern Nigeria. Some 5.1 million people don't have access to sufficient food, and 2.8 million children are severely malnourished. If nothing changes, more than 200 children will die each day. This crisis is man-made, but the solutions are too.

Ruth,14, was forced to flee her home in northeast Nigeria due to Boko Haram violence and went without school for three years. Now because of the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ and ECHO Children of Peace Initiative she attends school again.

After witnessing the death of fifteen relatives and neighbors, Gloria Ibrahim fled with her three small children to the city of Yola where an estimated 400,000 people have sought safety from a violent insurgency in Nigeria's northeast. The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ is leading the humanitarian response for tens of thousands of people. Read Gloria's story.