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For the first time in her life, 65-year-old Daw Aye Hla has a private toilet of her own. In Kyauk Tan Village, in Myanmar’s Dry Zone, she spent her life using bushes, with little privacy or safety...

Manan, aged 75, lost everything when floodwaters rose to 13 feet in Basti Mazaari, Alipur, Pakistan. “My relative helped me take out our belongings, but most of our things were washed away in the...

For years, 43-year-old Daw Pyae Yee shaped her days around the sound of a diesel engine. Every morning before sunrise, she queued with her children at her village’s tall, ageing borehole in Kin Mon...

“This project didn’t just bring water. It brought dignity. It brought strength. It brought a future.” – Daw Win Kyi, resident of Chaung Wa, Myanmar. For years, families in Chaung Wa village in...

“Rebuilding your home from nothing is incredibly hard. But the cash assistance helped us get through it and gave us the strength to face whatever comes next.” - Abdulrahman, Syria For Abdulrahman and...

When Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5, threatening Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti, OCHA and partners activated anticipatory action (AA) frameworks to mitigate its impact. Using early forecasts,...

In El Fasher, Sudan, Dr Mohamed has witnessed unimaginable suffering. Once dreaming of teaching anatomy at El Fasher University, he found himself treating patients with expired medicine, performing...

Marta Ávalos Martínez used to fear losing everything to drought. The community leader from Camotán in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor had to walk long distances for maize and water, after alternating...

Fatima Mohammed once aspired to be a doctor. The 24-year-old mother from Nigeria's Borno State recalls how her family had enough food and stability before violence forced them to flee. With no stable...

At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, world leaders are meeting to address the climate crisis, but people living in fragile countries are already facing its impacts. In 2025, floods in the DRC killed at least...

After losing everything to Somalia’s worst drought in four decades, 33-year-old Xaawo was thrust into destitution with her eight children. “I lived in debt and had no support from anyone, including...

Honduras. “One moment that stayed with me was assisting a family who had returned to the country after being deported,” Oscar, a humanitarian worker recounts. Oscar works on the hotline of a new...

Lebanon, Tripoli. Abdel Rahman Qadro, aged 17, was shot by a stray bullet during a dispute on the street. The wound severely damaged his lungs and spinal cord. After three months in bed recovering,...

Lebanon, Bekaa. Khadija tenderly cradles her five-year-old daughter’s head as she walks into Al Ward Primary Health Centre – a modest building that has become a lifeline for families navigating the...

Lebanon | CBPF | 2025 Lebanon, Saida. Lebanon, Saida. “[This] help came at exactly the right time,” says Taline, a mother of twins. At 35 weeks pregnant with twins, 41-year-old Taline faced a...

Lebanon | CBPF | 2025 Lebanon, Saida. “You gave me hope when I had none, and I will never forget this help,” says Hasan, who had endured months of debilitating abdominal pain. The severity of his...

Myanmar | 2025 | CBPF Myanmar, Pekon. Banyar* was 25 when he lost a leg in a landmine explosion. Dependent on crutches to get around, he felt cut off from daily life. In Myanmar, explosive ordnance...

Ukraine. When war broke out in Ukraine, Dmytro Myshenin’s life changed overnight. A successful businessman exporting furniture and solid fuels, he suddenly found himself at the epicentre of a...

CERF | DRC | 2025 DR Congo. North Kivu province. Kishala Mwamedi, headteacher at Kihindo Primary School, addressed his pupils one morning this June. His message: how to keep healthy in the midst of a...

oPt | 2025 | CBPF oPt, Gaza. Two of Ibrahim’s children were killed when their Gaza neighbourhood was hit by airstrikes. Ibrahim, his wife, and their two other children were severely injured. The...