If you’re struggling to remember positive news about 2024, you’re not alone. Here are 8 stories that inspired us and gave us hope from this year.

After losing her family to insurgency, Hafsat now lives in Bakassi, the largest displacement camp in northeast Nigeria.

A Salvadoran refugee girl is pursuing an education in the United States. A Nigerian woman is creating her own business despite the male-dominated society of her native country. A Rohingya activist in Bangladesh is helping to end violence against women.

The ongoing conflict in Sudan has forced over 14 million people from their homes, with children bearing the brunt of the crisis. As millions face food insecurity, malnutrition, and a lack of safe water, urgent lifesaving assistance is needed to protect their futures.

Climatic shocks have created a devastating food insecurity crisis across East Africa. Over the last few years, the dangerous combination of prolonged drought and flooding has led to soaring levels of severe malnutrition, especially among children.

Meet the people on the frontlines of the devastating crisis.

Sudan is now the country with the largest number of displaced people and the largest child displacement crisis in the world.