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In the Central African Republic (CAR), conflict, violence and trauma have impacted the lives of almost everyone. Coups, civil wars, inter-religious conflicts, and decades-long political and military instability have left their mark on the population.

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  • Field blog
Sajia Akhter standing in her doorway, an aid worker is talking with her.

On 26 May 2024, cyclone Remal made landfall in Bangladesh. It was the most devastating storm to strike Bangladesh in over a decade. Remal caused widespread damage, but it didn’t catch the local population unprepared.

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  • Field blog
Women and children fetching water at the newly constructed water platform.

Access to clean, safe water is a fundamental part of any effort toward providing a stable and healthy life for communities impacted by conflict and climate change.

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  • Field blog
Alvard holding up an embroidery while seated in her living room.

Evelina and Alvard. They are 2 mothers who faced the same nightmare during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They ran away for safety twice to the neighbouring Armenia during the conflicts

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  • Field blog
A woman carrying goods on her head, in the background some buildings and a child.

Khadija is one of the tens of thousands Sahrawi refugees living in the refugee camps in southwestern Algeria. Here, life is a constant struggle, with temperatures regularly exceeding 50℃ during Summer.

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  • Photo story
4 children hugging eachother.

In North-West Syria, 13 years of conflict have left over 4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance to survive, and the situation only continues to deteriorate with no end to the conflict in sight.

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  • Field blog
A family sitting on a beach looking out to a boat.

In 2023, an unprecedented 520,000 people crossed the Darién Gap, a dangerous stretch of hostile jungle connecting Colombia to Panama, to seek refuge in North America.

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  • Field blog
Eyad sitting in a chair in the garden.

Since mid-2023, the West Bank has been subjected to unprecedented violence. These operations, employing airstrikes, drones and heavy machinery, caused extensive damage to infrastructure and widespread destruction and led to numerous arrests and killings of Palestinian civilians.

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  • Field blog
Women and babies in the Obosibo Halane Health Centre in the Wadajir District, Mogadishu.

Halima is 2 years old. Sitting on the knee of her grandmother, Sadia, she is wide-eyed, full-faced and curious. It is hard to believe that only 4 months ago, she was close to death.

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  • Field blog