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Mission to Plant Miyawaki Forests in Lahore

Asif Mehmood discusses the critical mission of planting Miyawaki urban forests to combat climate change, severe air pollution, and rapidly rising temperatures in Pakistan.

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Detention & Dignity

Inside the world's most crowded detention facilities — conditions, rights, and the law.

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Water as a Weapon

How access to clean water is being deliberately cut off — and what international law says.

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The Child Soldier Files

Documenting recruitment, rehabilitation, and the long road back to childhood.

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“In the darkest moments, we witness humanity's greatest capacity for compassion and solidarity. Every life saved is a victory for us all.”

Dr. Fatima Al-Rashid

Field Operations Director, Humanitarian Relief Coalition

Context

A Crisis Built Over Years

2019

Global displacement crosses 79M for first time

2020

COVID-19 forces unprecedented humanitarian pause

2021

Afghanistan collapse triggers mass exodus

2022

Ukraine war: fastest-growing displacement since WW2

2023

Sudan conflict displaces 8M in under 6 months

2024

Record 117M people forcibly displaced worldwide

2025

Funding gap widens — $38B needed, $14B received

Voices

Perspectives

We are not bystanders. Every time we cross a front line to deliver aid, we are making a statement: this person's life matters.

Dr. Fatima Al-Rashid

Dr. Fatima Al-Rashid

Field Operations Director · Humanitarian Relief Coalition

The law exists. Parties to conflict know the rules. The question is whether anyone holds them accountable when they break them.

Prof. Daniel Krebs

Prof. Daniel Krebs

IHL Scholar · Geneva Academy

I have seen people lose everything — their homes, their families, their country. But not their dignity. Never their dignity.

Amara Diallo

Amara Diallo

Displacement Coordinator · UNHCR West Africa

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