Scores dead off coast of Libya in latest Mediterranean shipwreck

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Angola. Parents waiting for the screening of their children

Thousands of DR Congo refugees head home to Kasai region from Angola

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Hellish journey over for young woman rescued from the Mediterranean

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Help Rohingya refugees this monsoon season

Rain-filled monsoon winds have hit Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees are struggling for survival.

We urgently need your help during this emergency to train more refugees as first responders, secure shelter, insulation, relocate those most affected to safer land and more.

 

Give now

$14

can provide a Rohingya family with 5 sleeping mats

$24

can provide two liquefied petroleum gas refills to a Rohingya family for clean cooking and prevention of environmental damage

$30

can provide plastic tarpaulins to waterproof the roof of two families

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Staff who have spent their careers in some of the world's most challenging places talk about what keeps them awake at night.