Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand - The International Rescue Committee is assisting over 700 Burmese refugees who were left homeless after fire broke out in the Ban Mae Nai Soi refugee camp in northern Thailand on April the 7th. Nearly 200 houses were destroyed in the fire, along with a school and several IRC health training facilities.

The collapse of Venezuela’s political and economic systems has driven 3 million people to leave what was once the wealthiest country in South America.

The International Rescue Committee is responding to a deadly outbreak of cholera in the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab, situated in northern Kenya near the Somalian border. Since November, more than 347 people including children have been infected with the highly contagious disease. With the onset of the rainy season, the IRC is concerned the epidemic could continue to spread, making already poor living conditions even worse.