With his laptop and stylish striped shirt, Ali Hassan Abdi looks like a typical digital freelancer – someone you might expect to see working while sipping a “flat white” in a smart city cafe. But Ali Hassan’s background is a little different from most freelancers. Originally from Somalia, he is currently living as a refugee in Kenya’s Dadaab camp.

Young people have been marginalised in humanitarian work for far too long. It’s time for their voices to be heard.

It has been a bleak decade for Syria's children and young people. But education is providing a ray of hope. We met four young Syrian refugees in Lebanon who told us their stories, fears, and hopes for the future.

It can be tough being a young person. Trying to figure out what you want to do in life, which path to take, and how to make it all happen.

Do you wonder what it feels like if you have to flee from everything you know and everyone you hold dear?

It is a hazy morning as we enter the school compound with children milling around trees and empty classrooms in Dalori community in the outskirts of Maiduguri in Borno state. This town in Nigeria is one of many where families have sought refuge from conflict in the state.

This evaluation provides an independent assessment of NRC’s Youth Education Pack (YEP) evaluating how efficiently NRC addressed the needs of beneficiaries and local communities and implemented the project.

While large-scale military operations to combat the Islamic State (IS) group ceased in 2017, 1.18 million people remain internally displaced in Iraq in 2022. The estimated 200,000 displaced households continue to face significant barriers to returning to their areas of origin and achieving durable solutions, especially in the midst of internally displaced person (IDP) camp closures over the last several years.

“It’s easier to find work now,” Esmatullah (18) says with happiness. After having earned a diploma in plumbing, the young Afghan man is finally able to earn money and support his family.

In Tehran, 250 Afghan children took part in 'Peace Education Through Art', a workshop providing psychosocial support and art education to displaced children.