Refugee Populations

According to the most recent UN report in 2011, there are more than 43.7 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide. Often uprooted with little or no warning, these refugees and IDPs are forced to flee danger with little more than the clothes on their backs. Unable to return home, their only alternative is to rebuild their lives in makeshift camps or overcrowded urban areas where food, clean water and medicine are often scarce. Forced to start again in such harsh conditions with few possessions, little money and no job leave refugees susceptible to poverty, disease and malnutrition.

In our commitment to serve the most vulnerable, International Medical Corps protects the health and well-being of some of the world’s largest IDP, refugee, and host populations. By sharing this page with your friends and family or making a contribution to our programs, you enable us to continue our work in the most difficult environments to ensure the displaced have what they need to survive and rebuild their lives.