A devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, 2025, killing more than 3,700 and injuring thousands. A series of powerful aftershocks followed, leaving behind a trail of destruction—damaging or destroying critical infrastructure, including health facilities. Those that remained functional were overwhelmed with increasing demand from people who suffered injuries or needed continuing care …
Bringing Clean Water and Warmth to Afghan Children Decades of conflict in Afghanistan has left many children without parents. At the Azad Children Transitional Center, having clean, safe water is essential for the health and well-being of the orphaned children who live there. That’s why International Medical Corps repaired the centre’s water supply system, ensuring …
Beginning at 2:30 a.m. on May 30 and continuing throughout the early morning, looters broke into International Medical Corps’ field hospital in Al Zawaida, stealing medicine as well as medical and nutritional supplies. They also vandalised and damaged the facility, which had just received supplies for the first time in many weeks. Fortunately, all International …
When disaster strikes, International Medical Corps often relies on a roster of skilled volunteers to get on the ground quickly and help us to begin meeting the medical needs of those affected. Our emergency roster has about 120 people who are skilled in a variety of areas and come to us from a variety of …
Five years ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the world shut down—businesses closed, people who could started working remotely and social events were canceled. Though we have mostly recovered from those dark days, communities are now grappling with new outbreaks of infectious diseases—including cholera, dengue, Ebola and mpox—that pose significant threats to public health. As …
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On Friday, March 28, a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar. The epicentre was about 11 miles (17 kilometres) west of Mandalay—Myanmar’s second-largest city, with a population of more than 1.2 million—and shock waves were felt as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, more than 700 miles to the south. Thousands of people were killed or …
As a longtime emergency care nurse, Mary-Jane (“MJ”) Perry has witnessed innumerable traumas. But it was a local incident—responding to a hit-and-run one block from her home in Sacramento, California—that “really hit home” and put her on the path to volunteering in responses to natural disasters around the world.
Around the world, people continue to be displaced by conflict and natural disasters. Whether they are fleeing conflict in Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria or Ukraine, or natural disaster right here in the United States, International Medical Corps is there to help them recover and rebuild when they’ve left everything behind. Jordan “Without these facilities, they would …
On the morning of September 27, 2024, North Carolinians were bracing for a hit. The National Hurricane Center had been tracking a storm—christened Helene on September 24—for more than a week. What started as a low-pressure weather system was headed for the US Gulf Coast as a life-threatening hurricane, and a state of emergency had …