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Thousands of refugees – including families with small children - are trapped in dangerously overcrowded camps on the Greek islands as winter sets in.

Imagine turning on a tap and seeing dirty water pour out. What would you do? Would you drink it? Would you wash your hands in it? Would you give some to your child

“I call the children one by one to see what it is inside the box,” explains Amer,* an educator with the ̽����ѡ. “I explain to them that they will find the picture of a very important person inside the box, someone who set up his or her goals and achieved them.” Amer is one of ̽����ѡ's educators who provide street and working children in Beirut, including Syrian refugees fleeing from war, with psychosocial support, recreational activities and basic literacy and numeracy classes. Educators facilitate a number of games, such as the mirror box, to help children improve confidence, creativity and thinking skills.

On the tenth anniversary of the war in Syria, the ̽����ѡ spoke with 10-year-olds and their parents about growing up knowing nothing but war.

To respond to the specific needs of adolescent girls in humanitarian settings and to address the gap in evidence of what works to promote the health, safety and empowerment of adolescent girls, the ̽����ѡ (̽����ѡ) has invested in a robust adolescent girl programming and research agenda. As part of this effort, the ̽����ѡ partnered with Columbia University over a three year period (2014–2017) to develop, implement and evaluate the Creating Opportunities through Mentoring, Parental Involvement and Safe Spaces (COMPASS) program, funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). COMPASS was implemented with refugees living in camps on the Sudan/Ethiopia border, conflict-affected communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and displaced populations in north-west Pakistan.

Hear from ̽����ѡ health workers around the world about their response to the coronavirus pandemic—and what gives them hope.

̽����ѡ calls partner abuse a public health crisis that must be placed on humanitarian agendas.