The Los Angeles wildfires in January 2025 marked the beginning of a year full of humanitarian challenges. Natural disasters, outbreaks of infectious disease and ongoing conflicts around the world led to displaced families, hungry children and the overwhelming need for emergency health services. But as always, our teams remained steadfast in our mission of providing …
After more than a decade of conflict, Syria’s healthcare system continues to face severe challenges. Hospitals and clinics in rural areas, such as Dara’a, are under-resourced and overstretched, leaving many families with limited or no access to specialized medical care. Explosive remnants of the protracted war remain scattered across agricultural lands, creating constant risks for …
Responding to Floods in Pakistan When heavy rains caused severe flooding in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, thousands of families were left cut off from essential services. Homes, roads and farmlands were destroyed, and access to clean water and healthcare quickly became limited. To reach people in remote, flood-affected areas, International Medical Corps sent two mobile …
On September 30, International Medical Corps’ Syria team welcomed representatives from the European Union (EU)—including Maciej Popowski, Director General of the European Commission, and Michelle Cicic, Head of Office for Syria at ECHO, the EU’s aid agency—to the mobile medical team (MMT) in Misraba, Rural Damascus, where they witnessed firsthand the strength and resilience of …
Preparedness isn’t just about prepositioning supplies or being ready to deploy when disaster strikes—it’s also about making sure that frontline and healthcare workers have the training and knowledge they need ahead of time. Our Emergency Response Unit (ERU) has been in the process of formalizing an emergency preparedness and response training program since we began …
Supporting the Children of Syria Years of conflict in Syria have left families struggling to access basic services, including healthcare and support for children’s development. International Medical Corps has worked in the country since 2008 to help fill these critical gaps. In addition to providing primary and secondary healthcare, nutrition, mental health services and more, …
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 …
Through the support of Alwaleed Philanthropies’ “Global,” chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, International Medical Corps has effectively launched critical initiatives in Syria and Türkiye to aid refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and vulnerable communities. This initiative facilitates the rehabilitation of Al Raml Primary Healthcare Center in Tartous, Syria, to …
On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes—7.8- and 7.5-magnitude—struck Syria and Türkiye, followed by more than 570 aftershocks over the next 24 hours. The earthquakes resulted in: more than 56,000 deaths, with many thousands more injured nearly 245,000 buildings being damaged or completely destroyed the displacement of 5.6 million people an estimated $39.3 billion in damages …
Responding in Libya and Morocco Our teams are on the ground providing medical relief to survivors of the Libya floods and Morocco earthquake, as well as to communities around the world affected by extreme weather and other disasters. In Libya, where more than 40,000 flood survivors have been displaced from their homes, we have three …