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Impact Stories

The Humanitarian Coalition members are taking care of basic survival needs and helping people rebuild their lives when their homes, schools and livelihoods have been devastated by a disaster. Learn more about these crises and meet people who have benefited from your support.

Before the terrible flood hit Pakistan last year, Samra Kulsoom and her family were leading a normal life. But when the flood came, "it turned our world upside down", she said.
Safoora and her children are hoping for better days ahead after receiving assistance from Oxfam's emergency response that followed the floods in Pakistan.
Izmir Kassam, a 10-year-old boy from Calgary is running 100 kilometers to fundraise for the Humanitarian Coalition's campaign for Türkiye and Syria.
Arbabzadi, a 50-year-old widow and mother of six, is now able to move back to her house, thanks to the assistance of Canadian Lutheran World Relief.
The assistance provided by the Humanitarian Coalition allowed Hafiza bibi “to put food on the table” for her children after the floods in Pakistan.
Anna, a Ukrainian refugee in Romania, feels safe and confident after assistance through The Humanitarian Coalition.
Her teddy bear--that's one thing Hoda, 11, misses most after the devastating earthquake that destroyed her family's home in northern Syria.
Through things like drawing, children like Basel can face their fears and perhaps find ways to cope.
Being a teacher is hard work. Being a teacher in Poland with a classroom that includes refugee children from Ukraine is even harder.
Svetlana is among many older refugees who would like to return home.
One year ago, Riza says their lives changed without warning.
Akech's mother had already lost hope when she carried her baby girl to the hospital in South Sudan .