UNHCR honours three remarkable individuals and one organization dedicated to helping refugees, internally displaced people, war-affected communities and others in Mexico, Iraq, Tajikistan and Ukraine.

Prioritising certain crises and needs means sidelining others. The most consequential trend of the 2026 GHO is the explicit ...

The humanitarian crisis that has erupted in Gaza due to the Israel-Hamas War has placed renewed focus on the issue of aid in the region. Here's what you need to know. Throughout the Israel-Hamas War, ...

Global humanitarian need is surging, but countries are cutting humanitarian aid. Aid saves lives and helps prevent hunger, disease and conflict. Now is the time to meet the moment. Support our ...

Humanitarian aid saves millions of lives each year and creates a safer world. Learn more about what it is, why it’s important and what you can do to help. 7 February 2025 Photo: Jacob Zocherman for ...

In 2023, according to the Global Humanitarian Overview, aid organizations faced a $37 billion funding shortfall to help crisis-affected communities. Yet in that year, the World Bank’s International ...

In 2025, 305 million people need urgent humanitarian aid due to escalating crises. Conflict and climate change are causing unprecedented displacement, hunger, and destruction. Wars, including in Sudan ...

Humanitarian aid groups around the world can agree on one thing: The number of people in need, from Gaza to Haiti to Afghanistan, is higher than any time in recent memory. "I live in fear of opening ...

As the war in Sudan entered its third year, the country is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world today. Nonetheless, the situation receives very little attention globally. Having ...

A new report from the University of Liverpool and the United Nations Migration Agency - International Organization for Migration (IOM) demonstrates how harnessing digital data collected from mobile ...