In this episode, we look back three months after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean and examine how communities in Jamaica and Cuba are coping as the spotlight fades and long-term recovery begins. Homes and livelihoods were destroyed, schools damaged, and thousands of families pushed into crisis, and while emergency relief is winding down, needs on the ground are growing.

In this episode, we turn our focus to Mozambique, where weeks of heavy rainfall have triggered widespread flooding, displacing families, destroying homes and livelihoods, and cutting off entire communities as rivers and dams reach critical levels.

The IFRC and the Mozambique Red Cross are working alongside authorities and partners to support early warnings, evacuations, emergency relief, and preparedness for potential future shocks.

In this episode, we focus on Ukraine, as the armed conflict continues and winter deepens the humanitarian crisis. Amid ongoing strikes on cities including Kyiv, attacks on energy infrastructure have disrupted heating and electricity supplies, leaving families struggling to stay warm in sub-zero temperatures.

In this episode, we focus on Sri Lanka, one month after Cyclone Ditwa struck the island nation, triggering the worst flooding the country has seen in a decade. Torrential rains, landslides, and widespread flooding affected all 25 districts, leaving tens of thousands of people displaced and many families struggling to rebuild their lives.

In this episode, we’re taking a step back to look at a year of enormous change and challenge for the humanitarian sector. Needs continued to rise in almost every region, while funding became more stretched, making it harder than ever to reach communities in crisis. Throughout all of this, IFRC teams and Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers have been responding to conflicts, disasters and emergencies, often in extremely difficult conditions.

In this episode, we’re turning the spotlight onto some of the humanitarian crises that rarely make the news - emergencies where needs are rising, funding is shrinking, and attention is scarce. These are the crises that are not on the global radar, even as millions of people continue to face catastrophic consequences.

In this episode, we turn our attention to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (or DRC), where earlier this month the Ministry of Health officially declared the country’s 16th Ebola outbreak over.The IFRC and the DRC Red Cross played a critical role in the response — deploying volunteers to help contain the epidemic.But while this outbreak has ended, the risk of resurgence remains. The IFRC is now calling for an urgent scale-up of community-based surveillance, stronger infection prevention and control, and long-term investment in local health systems to help prevent future outbreaks.India speaks with Alex Lock, who has been on the ground in the DRC for the past few weeks.

In this episode, we look at the humanitarian situation in the central Mediterranean following the IFRC’s decision to close its service point on board the Ocean Viking and end its partnership with SOS Méditerranée. After four years at sea, the mission has helped save more than 8,600 lives, providing critical medical care, first aid, and psychosocial support to people fleeing danger.

We speak with Anna Bowen, IFRC’s Humanitarian Diplomacy Coordinator for Europe, who explains the funding and political challenges behind this difficult decision, and why civilian search and rescue remains a humanitarian necessity as thousands continue to risk their lives at sea.

Anna also shares how the IFRC will continue to support migrants and refugees across Europe through its route-based approach, and why stronger protection and coordinated action are urgently needed to save lives.

In this episode, we look at the severe floods and landslides that have swept across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam, affecting millions of people and destroying homes, livelihoods, and critical infrastructure. Rising health risks, damaged roads, and ongoing rains are making the response increasingly challenging.

We speak with John Entwistle, IFRC’s Head of Country Cluster Delegation for South Asia, who joins us from Colombo to share the latest on the situation, the support Red Cross volunteers are providing, and the priorities for the weeks and months ahead -from relief distributions to health services, cash assistance, and long-term recovery.

John also highlights how preparedness and early action helped local teams respond quickly, and why climate-related disasters like this demand sustained global attention and support.

In this episode, we look at a major vaccination drive now underway across Gaza and Lebanon, where IFRC and Red Cross and Red Crescent teams are working to reach children who have missed routine immunizations due to conflict, displacement, and economic collapse.

Health systems across the region are under immense strain, leaving many children unprotected from diseases like measles and polio. Backed by funding from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the IFRC is supporting the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the Lebanese Red Cross to deliver vaccines through primary health centers, mobile teams, and outreach in hard-to-reach communities.

We speak with Tasneem Obaid, IFRC’s Immunization Senior Officer in MENA, who joins us to share the program’s priorities, the challenges volunteers face on the ground, and the early results showing how vital this work is for families living through crisis.