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Flooding and Humanitarian Needs Surge in South Sudan

International Medical Corps’ dedicated team is providing lifesaving services to flood-affected communities.

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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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Snapshots: 2024 Wrapped

Delivering Healthcare to Remote Areas in the DRC In 2024, as conflict intensified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hundreds of thousands of people fled areas plagued by violence. Since January of last year, violent clashes between rebel groups and armed forces have displaced more than 400,000 people in North Kivu province, on the …

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December Snapshots 2024

Training Aspiring Midwives Assistants in CAR In low-resource areas, midwives play a crucial role in saving lives during childbirth. Their skills and compassion significantly affect maternal and newborn health, meeting 90% of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent healthcare needs. In the Central African Republic (CAR), the availability of these lifesaving services is critically …

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How Do You Help Hungry Yemeni Families? You Give Mothers Cash

Imagine waking up every morning and not knowing where your next meal will come from. Your country’s economy has collapsed, inflation is skyrocketing and your husband’s daily wage is so small you’re uncertain if you’ll be able to afford basic items like food, clothes or toiletries. For a long time, this was a daily reality …

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November Snapshots 2024

Supporting Conflict-Affected Communities in the DRC Since January 2024, violent clashes between rebel groups and armed forces have displaced more than half a million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), contributing to the world’s second-largest displacement crisis. Entire families have been uprooted with little choice but to seek safety in overcrowded camps …

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Supporting Mental Health and Gender-Based Violence Response in Southern Ukraine

Life has been incredibly difficult for Ukrainians since the Russian invasion that began in February 2022. Millions have been forced to flee the fighting—losing loved ones, their homes, their schools and jobs. Many of them are now suffering from long-term stress caused by traumatic events, which can have negative impacts on their mental health. This …

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Breastfeeding Is a Matter of Life or Death in Rural Yemen

Falastine’s infant son wouldn’t stop crying. The one-month-old cried as his exhausted mother tended the goats on the rocky slopes of Al Dhale’e governorate in Yemen. He cried as she harvested vegetables and collected water from the well. And he cried as his father worked as an agricultural laborer, seldom bringing home enough money to …

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Mobile Clinics Deliver Healthcare to Remote Villages in Morocco

It was a typical summer day for 12-year-old Ahmed, who lives in a village in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. He was playing outside with his friends when he tripped, landed on a sharp rock and sustained a deep cut in his right leg—an injury that could have been life-threatening if not treated promptly. Though …

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Midwife’s Quick Response Helps Woman in Labor in South Sudan

According to the 2024 South Sudan Humanitarian Need Overview and Response Plan (HNRP), South Sudan is experiencing a severe health crisis affecting 8.9 million people, primarily in regions affected by conflict and flooding. The health system in the country relies heavily on international aid and faces human resource shortages. Vulnerable groups—including women, children, the elderly …

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One-Year Update: Our Emergency Responses in Israel and Gaza

Israel In Israel, where International Medical Corps does not have an operational presence, we are supporting ongoing response and recovery efforts by long-time partner JDC, which is providing health and mental health services to affected communities—with a focus on children, older people and people with disabilities—as well as training first responders and healthcare workers. Gaza …

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