Families in communities across South Sudan are facing the threat of malnutrition, with an estimated 7.7 million people—57% of the population—at risk for acute food insecurity, according to UNICEF. Ongoing conflict, extreme weather, rising food prices and lack of access to healthcare create a challenging environment in which to raise a family. In the face …
Bringing Clean Water and Warmth to Afghan Children Decades of conflict in Afghanistan has left many children without parents. At the Azad Children Transitional Center, having clean, safe water is essential for the health and well-being of the orphaned children who live there. That’s why International Medical Corps repaired the center’s water supply system, ensuring …
Beginning at 2:30 a.m. on May 30 and continuing throughout the early morning, looters broke into International Medical Corps’ field hospital in Al Zawaida, stealing medicine as well as medical and nutritional supplies. They also vandalized and damaged the facility, which had just received supplies for the first time in many weeks. Fortunately, all International …
When disaster strikes, International Medical Corps often relies on a roster of skilled volunteers to get on the ground quickly and help us to begin meeting the medical needs of those affected. Our emergency roster has about 120 people who are skilled in a variety of areas and come to us from a variety of …
Deputy Coordinator for Mental Health Yuliia Okhmat discusses stigma in Ukraine against seeking mental health care, and the importance of such care today.
Emergency medicine physicians Rob Fuller and Caroline Lloyd talk about their experience volunteering for International Medical Corps’ Myanmar response.
Part of being a humanitarian organization means putting people at the center of our work. To ensure that we are effectively helping the people we serve, International Medical Corps has community-based feedback and response mechanisms (CBFRM) in place in every country where we operate. CBFRM offer communities safe, accessible and preferred communication channels where they …
Hear from International Medical Corps' LA response leads as they share updates about International Medical Corps’ ongoing recovery support.
Zaina Masoka’s three-year-old boy Musafiri was suffering from a common set of ailments. Like many in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zaina and her family were seeking safety with minimal access to healthcare. So, when Musafiri stopped eating due to a lack of appetite, his mother was alarmed but had no immediate way …
Though International Medical Corps initially started working in Chad during the 2004 crisis in the Darfur region of neighboring Sudan, we paused our work there in 2020. After civil war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, we realized we would need to return to Chad, both to supply our operations in Sudan and to …
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