Teaching Preparedness in North Carolina Most national, state and local governments plan for large-scale disasters—floods, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes—but preparing for such disasters can be challenging, especially for smaller communities. International Medical Corps frequently works in unpredictable scenarios—the “edge cases” that might not be covered even by the most robust plans, such as large-scale sudden-onset disasters, …
Our Syria mission recently had its first opportunity to serve children in Aleppo with visual, hearing, mental and physical impairments, when the Syrian government asked our teams specializing in Child Protection, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) for help. When our staff met with administrators at the Al-Amal …
Providing Clean Water to War-Affected Ukrainians In Ukraine, years of conflict have damaged the systems that people rely on for safe, running water. International Medical Corps is responding with practical solutions. When the Kakhovka Dam was destroyed, more than 200,000 people suddenly lost access to piped water. In the city of Pokrov, local authorities were …
On International Women’s Day, conversations about equality often centre on leadership, visibility and opportunity. In an International Medical Corps-run women’s and girls’ safe space (WGSS) in Rural Damascus, change begins somewhere quieter—a woman writing her name for the first time at 74, or another holding a crochet hook with steady hands and renewed confidence. At …
The Los Angeles wildfires in January 2025 marked the beginning of a year full of humanitarian challenges. Natural disasters, outbreaks of infectious disease and ongoing conflicts around the world led to displaced families, hungry children and the overwhelming need for emergency health services. But as always, our teams remained steadfast in our mission of providing …
Responding to Floods in Pakistan When heavy rains caused severe flooding in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, thousands of families were left cut off from essential services. Homes, roads and farmlands were destroyed, and access to clean water and healthcare quickly became limited. To reach people in remote, flood-affected areas, International Medical Corps sent two mobile …
On September 30, International Medical Corps’ Syria team welcomed representatives from the European Union (EU)—including Maciej Popowski, Director General of the European Commission, and Michelle Cicic, Head of Office for Syria at ECHO, the EU’s aid agency—to the mobile medical team (MMT) in Misraba, Rural Damascus, where they witnessed firsthand the strength and resilience of …
Preparedness isn’t just about prepositioning supplies or being ready to deploy when disaster strikes—it’s also about making sure that frontline and healthcare workers have the training and knowledge they need ahead of time. Our Emergency Response Unit (ERU) has been in the process of formalising an emergency preparedness and response training program since we began …
Supporting the Children of Syria Years of conflict in Syria have left families struggling to access basic services, including healthcare and support for children’s development. International Medical Corps has worked in the country since 2008 to help fill these critical gaps. In addition to providing primary and secondary healthcare, nutrition, mental health services and more, …
The war in Syria cost Omar his left foot and severely injured his eye and the left side of his face. His injuries were so severe that he’d given up on education and building a future. Then he met our team.