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Conflict continues to disrupt access to food, health care and safe shelter.

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Behind every signal is a human story

Lives, not statistics

Four stories
worth staying with.

These accounts are summarized from the original humanitarian publishers. Names, testimony and photographs remain with their sources.

Community members and health workers involved in the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Photo: WHO Africa
01
DR Congo

Communities become the front line of the Ebola response

In Ituri, trained community volunteers are helping families recognize symptoms, seek care early and take part in safe, locally trusted response measures.

Read at WHO Africa
Two fishermen repair a net on a beach in Gaza.Photo: WFP/Mohammed Hinnawi
02
Gaza

A fisherman keeps casting his nets as hunger gains remain fragile

Murad al-Aqra risks going to sea to feed his family. WFP reports that expanded aid has helped, but restricted access and funding gaps could quickly reverse progress.

Read at World Food Programme
03
Sudan

El Obeid becomes a new centre of displacement and hunger

New arrivals are stretching camps, food, fuel and water supplies beyond capacity while funding shortages force WFP to provide reduced rations.

Read at World Food Programme
A UNICEF-contracted warehouse near Kyiv damaged in an attack.Photo: UNICEF/Milanes
04
Ukraine

An attack destroys supplies meant for children and families

A UNICEF-contracted warehouse near Kyiv was damaged, destroying generators, drinking water, hygiene kits and other supplies for frontline communities.

Read at UNICEF

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