Some members of International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team pose with local staff at our mobile field hospital northeast of Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
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One-Month Update: Disaster in Myanmar

When a powerful earthquake devastated communities in Myanmar, International Medical Corps rushed in to provide medical services.

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May Snapshots 2025

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 …

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In the DRC, Our Nutrition Programs Are Vital to Child Wellness

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 …

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All Hands on Deck to Set Up Mission in Chad

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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March Snapshots 2025

Supporting Sudanese Refugees in Libya The ongoing conflict in Sudan has displaced more than 11 million people, with more than 2 million seeking refuge in neighboring countries. By the end of 2024, Libya hosted approximately 215,000 Sudanese refugees. In Kufra, hundreds of refugees arrive daily at informal camps—yet healthcare facilities remain severely understaffed, lacking essential …

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When You’re Forced to Leave It All Behind

Around the world, people continue to be displaced by conflict and natural disasters. Whether they are fleeing conflict in Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria or Ukraine, or natural disaster right here in the United States, International Medical Corps is there to help them recover and rebuild when they’ve left everything behind. Jordan “Without these facilities, they would …

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Illuminating the Refugee Experience Through Photography

March 2025 marks 14 years since civil war broke out in Syria—a violent conflict that has displaced more than 14 million people. Roughly 6.3 million of them still live as refugees scattered across the world. Mohammad Younis, 24, is one of them. He was 10 years old when civil war broke out in his Syrian …

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Celebrating 40 Years of Health and Hope: Our Top 10 Images from 2024

Over the past 40 years, International Medical Corps has responded to the world’s most pressing disasters, providing medical care and supplies, clean water and nutrition, mental health, protection and other services to families affected by conflict, disaster and disease. And true to our founding principle, we focus on training communities to become their own first …

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Using Art to Support Ukrainians’ Mental Health

“I’ve been having a hard time containing my anger and irritation lately,” says 18-year-old Olena. In addition to dealing with the typical challenges of teenagerhood—school anxieties, sibling conflicts and worries about her future—she’s also dealing with the stresses of daily life during a war. Olena lives in Odesa, Ukraine’s third-largest city. Over the past three …

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Community Response Team Braves Floods to Help Yemen’s Isolated Communities

“The rains were relentless. Severe flooding turned the roads into barriers, making it nearly impossible to reach those in need,” says Dr. Mahmoud Hussien Mohammed Abdullah. The local doctor is describing the vicious floods that swept through Yemen in September 2024. A result of an unusually heavy rainy season that lasted from July until the …

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When Ukrainian Refugees in Poland Needed Help, We Were There

In February 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked Europe’s biggest refugee movement since the Second World War. Millions of Ukrainians—mostly women and children—escaped the conflict by fleeing to Poland and other European countries. “In those first few days of the war, nobody had much information about what was happening at the Polish–Ukrainian border, so I …

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