After years of displacement, Professor Emile returned to Rwanda, using his medical expertise to rebuild healthcare, train doctors, and strengthen communities.
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Young African climate leaders are driving innovative, community-based solutions that strengthen resilience, address climate mobility and empower vulnerable communities across the continent.
A job offer in Cambodia became trafficking and forced labour for Eric and his pregnant wife, until IOM helped their family return home safely.
Behind every act of aid in Gaza is someone carrying a story of their own. Nour, Samah and Rafa are among the women working with the International Organization for Migration () partners to support displaced families while enduring displacement, insecurity and personal loss themselves. As photographers and site and shelter coordinators, they listen to women’s concerns, connect families with services, document their experiences and advocate for their needs. Their work helps IOM and local partners deliver shelter, essential supplies and site support across Gaza, while highlighting the courage—and need for protection—of humanitarian workers on the frontlines.
After surviving months of in a Myanmar scam compound, Jean returned to Rwanda determined to rebuild his life and warn others about .
False promises of opportunity drive vulnerable migrants into trafficking networks, where hope is exploited for profit, leaving families burdened by debt, trauma, and loss.
Djibouti occupies a strategic position along the Eastern Route, serving as a key transit point for migrants seeking opportunities in the Gulf. Migration flows through Djibouti are rising sharply, driven by regional conflict, economic pressures, and increasingly organized smuggling networks along the Eastern Route linking the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. Migration along the Eastern Route remains extremely dangerous. In 2025 alone, at least 140 migrants have died and 33 others have been reported missing along migration routes in Djibouti. Migrants often travel long distances through remote and harsh terrain, facing hunger, dehydration, illness, and violence. Limited monitoring and insecurity along parts of the route further heighten the risks faced by migrants.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), together with its partners, has been working with communities in border municipalities across the Amazon to strengthen resilience and better understand the impacts of recurring floods.
Across East Africa, climate change is driving displacement and disrupting livelihoods, from rising waters along Burundi’s Lake Tanganyika to recurrent flooding in Kenya’s informal settlements. As communities face growing climate pressures, young leaders are developing practical solutions to build resilience. In Burundi, supports flood-displaced families through reforestation, livestock distribution, and livelihood restoration. In Kenya, combines climate action with community development through improved waste management, environmental practices, and financial literacy. Supported by an climate mobility programme and grants, these youth-led initiatives demonstrate how local action can help communities adapt, recover, and thrive. Their work highlights the vital role of young people in addressing climate-driven displacement and building a more resilient future.
Displaced Somali families in Doolow are building climate-resilient mudbrick shelters, improving safety, dignity, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability.
Raging floods destroyed homes and livelihoods in Viet Nam, but survivors continue rebuilding their lives with courage and determination.
Devastating floods in Yemen’s Wadi Nakhla displaced thousands, destroying homes and leaving grieving families struggling to rebuild their lives.
In southern Mauritania, visually impaired activist Zeine Moustapha is helping young people make informed migration choices through community awareness campaigns focused on the risks of irregular migration and local opportunities.
Under intense heat at the Sudan–South Sudan border, Marida, a 35‑year‑old Sudanese mother of four, walks an hour to reach the area’s only health clinic, carrying her youngest child. With no job and little access to care near her home, the clinic is her lifeline. As she waits in the shade, she braids her daughter’s hair and shares water, calm despite exhaustion. Serving conflict‑affected families in a harsh, remote landscape, the clinic offers rare care close to home. That day a clinician assessed Marida and prescribed medication. Having already lost one son at age four, she makes the journey whenever her children, aged 13, 10, 8 and 4, need care—and will walk it again for follow‑up.
Her life today looks very different from the years abroad, a reminder of the . Healing begins anew with the help of IOM and partners.