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Refugee relief
Every year, millions of people around the world are forced to flee their homes and are in urgent need of help. Help provides refugee aid, tackles the causes of displacement and creates new prospects.
To do this, we need your support: your donation provides protection and hope!
Driven from their homes
123 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced
A sad record on World Refugee Day 2025: over 123 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide. More than half of them (73.5 million) have been displaced within their home country. In this case, we speak of 'internally displaced persons' or 'IDPs'. The number of refugees has more than doubled in the last ten years.
What is alarming is that the majority of refugees come from just six countries: Afghanistan, Syria, Venezuela, Ukraine, Sudan and South Sudan account for 69 percent of refugees worldwide, according to the United Nations. As a result of the war in Syria, around 13 million Syrians have been displaced from their homes - 6.4 million of them have had to leave the country. Help provides internally displaced persons with hygiene packages, among other things.
Sudan is currently experiencing the largest displacement crisis: 14.3 million people have been driven from their homes, 2.1 million of whom are seeking refuge in neighbouring countries such as Chad. There, Help provides those affected with access to drinking water.
Experts assume that the number of refugees will continue to rise in the future. The climate crisis in particular is forcing more and more people to leave their homes, as the number of droughts, floods and tropical storms is steadily increasing. As a result, 140 million climate refugees are expected by 2050.
How does Help support refugees?
Worldwide commitment to refugees in need
Help's refugee aid has two approaches: On the one hand, we provide emergency aid for acute refugee movements, for example by providing food, water, hygiene articles, medicines and emergency accommodation. In this way, we help people on the move with the bare necessities and ensure their survival.
We also combat the causes of displacement in countries that are or have been affected by crises. We do this, for example, by rebuilding after wars and conflicts, by providing support in overcoming the climate crisis and through income-generating measures. Together with the people in the affected regions, we work on ways to improve local living conditions in order to reduce potential causes of displacement.
We are currently helping displaced families in Ukraine and providing refugee aid for Ukrainian refugees in Moldova. As part of our winter aid, we provide displaced families in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria with hot meals, warm clothing and blankets. Help is also involved in West Africa, for example in Burkina Faso and Mali, helping families who have had to flee violent attacks on their home villages.
Displaced in Burkina Faso
Hamadou Barry comes from Burkina Faso, a country where over 2 million people are fleeing violence. He has taken in 100 displaced people all by himself, including many children, because he says that it can happen to anyone: "Today it's them, tomorrow it could be us. Nobody leaves their home voluntarily, but sometimes it's a matter of life and death".
Help has supported Hamadou with emergency accommodation, latrines, blankets and crockery. Now it is important to give the refugees initial help so that they can lead a self-determined life again.
