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In Somalia, access to clean water saves lives
From the ̽��ѡ's 2022 Global Virtual Event, learn about Somalia in East Africa, which is experiencing the worst drought in decades and where the ̽��ѡ has worked with local communities to improve access to safe, clean water. Let's take a look. The ̽��ѡ helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
- Video
- July 27, 2022
Overcoming Incredible Odds, ̽��ѡ Client Graduates
Former ̽��ѡ (̽��ѡ) client Patrick Karera -- a Congolese refugee who fled violence in his home country and overcame extensive health complications -- graduated from high school this spring. ̽��ѡ staff were present to cheer him on.
- Announcement
- September 13, 2016
Refugees are essential
In the battle against COVID-19 and beyond, refugees are essential to keeping communities safe, making society stronger and rebuilding our world. This World Refugee Day—and every day—we are proud to celebrate their contributions. Watch our video voiced by South African refugee and famed actress Noma Dumezweni. Learn more about our campaign at Rescue.org/WorldRefugeeDay.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Video: 2025 Emergency Watchlist
Each year, The ̽��ѡ releases its Emergency Watchlist highlighting the 20 countries at risk of new or worsening humanitarian emergencies. This year's report describes “A World Out of Balance,” how four deep-seated global imbalances reinforce each other to spark new crises, spur crises to spread, and undermine efforts to bring crises under control. Watch the video to learn more.
- Video
- December 11, 2024
Data Justice: The Overlooked Humanitarian Challenge
In January of this year, ̽��ѡ, International Medical Corps, Terres des Hommes, Oxfam, and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, hosted a technical panel to discuss the datafication of humanitarian work and how we can center data justice in future efforts. Data justice explores the relationship between datafication and social justice. It looks at the impacts of data-driven processes on different populations. A data justice lens in humanitarian settings, then looks at how humanitarian data initiatives typically affect local risk and resilience as well as oppression, equity, and shifts in power. Several themes came out of the panel attended by institutional donors and other practitioners, outlined in the report.
- Report
- March 23, 2023
What gives us hope during the COVID-19 pandemic
The coronavirus struck at a time when more people around the world are displaced by war and crisis than ever before. They, along with people living in conflict zones, will be among the hardest hit by the pandemic. We asked refugees and frontline ̽��ѡ staff what gives them hope as the world confronts COVID-19. Watch their moving responses.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
El Salvador
Northern Central America continues to experience a protracted humanitarian crisis, and the UN reports that more than 800,000 people are in need of protection services. The ̽��ѡ serves individuals and families in El Salvador who survive violence and displacement, as well as people who are at high risk of displacement, returnees, migrants and refugees. ̽��ѡ and our partners implement programs that provide immediate support such as information, cash transfer for food and shelter and psychological first aid. ̽��ѡ El Salvador provides case management to women and child survivors of violence; operates safe spaces for women, children and the LGBTQ+ population; and works with national NGOs to implement proven community programs to reduce the risk of violence.
- Country
No myths, just facts: 2024 Emergency Watchlist
Each year, the ̽��ѡ analyzes 190 countries and territories to identify the countries at greatest risk of experiencing a new or worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming year. We identify and rank the 20 countries most at risk in our Emergency Watchlist. Read our 2024 Emergency Watchlist and find out which 10 countries top the list.
- Video
- December 14, 2023
Women and girls exploited in exchange for money to buy food
Drought in northern Kenya has left some 2.6 million people struggling to find enough to eat. Women and girls in Turkana County are being exploited in exchange for money to buy food. The ̽��ѡ is seeing an increase in violence against women, early and forced marriage, and women and girls engaging in transactional sex in order to procure food for their families as the region is gripped by near-famine.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Uprooted by Boko Haram: David Miliband meets Nigerian survivors
Boko Haram, the world’s deadliest terror group, has forced nearly 2 million people to flee their homes. In October 2017 ̽��ѡ president David Miliband went to Borno state in northeastern Nigeria to hear the stories and the needs of Nigeria's most vulnerable people. The ̽��ѡ is on the ground providing health and education programs, access to clean water and safe spaces for women and children.
- Video
- June 27, 2022