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For the first time ever, the world is facing the very real possibility of not one, but four simultaneous famines—in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen. Thirty million people are facing starvation and living on the brink of what could become the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time.

When one of the strongest storms in recorded history slammed the Philippines in 2013, more than 6,000 people lost their lives and 90 percent of homes in the hardest hit areas were damaged or destroyed.

Since 2014, economic upheaval and political turmoil in Venezuela have caused 1.5 million people to flee the country, and this number is likely to rise as the crisis intensifies. Escaping devastating shortages, unemployment and soaring inflation, these refugees turn often to their country's closest neighbor, Colombia.

Ketty works with children who have arrived in Greece alone and sees how their hope and dignity is restored when they are given the right support.

Inside Latin America's largest-ever refugee crisis

On Tuesday 19th January Edelman was joined by David Miliband, CEO & President, ̽����ѡ, at the launch of the Edelman Trust Barometer 2016. Miliband delivered the annual Trust lecture alongside Richard Edelman, CEO & President, Edelman, and Ed Williams, CEO, Edelman UK, who presented the Trust Barometer global and UK findings respectively.

From major cities to remote villages, women and girls worldwide face harassment, violence, discrimination and a lack of equal opportunities. Their lives are threatened, their potential robbed. This is especially – brutally – true for women and girls in the world’s conflict zones. According to ̽����ѡ violence prevention experts, the toughest places to be a woman today are:

Addressing the unique needs of children is an important part of the ̽����ѡ’s work with local partners inside Ukraine and in Poland, where over 2.9 million refugees from Ukraine have found shelter. Go inside our response. 

Simple actions and steps you can take during Refugee Week - and beyond - to show support for refugees.

The ̽����ѡ collaborated with illustrator Paul Blow to depict the journeys of people making it along the Central Mediterranean Route.