Collection 03
Communities in action.
A closer look — 22 photographs from this collection.
Community-based recovery is the backbone of trauma healing in MENA. When violence, displacement or economic collapse tear at the social fabric, healing happens fastest when it is rooted in the people already trusted on the ground — churches, schools, community leaders, humanitarian workers, and local practitioners. This collection documents EMERGE's field partnerships across Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, Iraq and Jordan: winter distributions, cohort training, joint counselling clinics, and the quiet coordination work that keeps beneficiaries safe.
EMERGE Middle East & North Africa humanitarian aid boxes being packed and sealed for distribution in an office setting.
An EMERGE MENA worker loading emergency relief packages, including UNHCR tarpaulins, into a car trunk for aid distribution.
A young girl sitting on an EMERGE Middle East & North Africa donation box holding baby formula next to a THRC banner.
A large group of young children sitting together on the floor looking forward during a community event
A massive outdoor gathering of children and community members at a humanitarian aid site
A young East African woman smiling brightly surrounded by cheering children during a community development project
A young boy in a white button-down shirt smiling and showing a wristband at a refugee camp
A young boy looking out through a high wire security fence at an outdoor encampment
An Emerge international aid volunteer handing supplies to a mother and baby inside a camouflage tent
Close-up portrait of a young East African child wearing a blue shirt and a wooden cross necklace
Close-up portrait of a young refugee child looking into the camera inside a temporary shelter camp
Emerge International aid workers and a tiger mascot distributing educational gift packs to local children
Engaged children sitting on chairs in a classroom with a boy raising his hand during an educational workshop
Four happy children laughing and looking out from behind a corrugated metal fence in an underserved community
Happy children smiling and waving in a line during an Emerge International community youth program
Large group of joyful East African children smiling and making hand signs for an outreach photo
Local children gathered together sitting on a large red patterned mat inside a temporary shelter
Long rows of temporary white tents and shelters in a refugee camp supported by humanitarian aid
Row of temporary plastic tents and shelters lining a dirt road at a refugee camp under a clear blue sky
Smiling students sitting at wooden desks inside a classroom during a school day
Two East African women cooking a large pot of traditional food over an open fire outdoors
Volunteers and a bear mascot handing out bags of essential supplies to mothers and children at a community center