BBC Media Action implemented its Syrian refugee project in 2013–2014 following an influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and Lebanon. Assessments revealed that many refugees did not have adequate access to the information required to access services and humanitarian assistance. The communication that did exist, mainly printed leaflets and telephone hotlines, had limited impact within a semi-literate refugee population.

From July–August 2014 the Israeli Army conducted Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip.
Seven weeks of Israeli bombardment, Palestinian rocket attacks and ground fighting resulted in the deaths of more than 2,000 people, the vast majority of them Gazans.According to the UN, most of the Palestinians killed were civilians. ¹

¹ UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2014). Annual Humanitarian Overview. Online. Available at: https://www.ochaopt.org/sites/default/files/Annual_Humanitarian_Overview_2014_English_final.pdf

The 2014–2015 Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa was the worst of its kind in history, c deaths and disruptions to everyday lives and livelihoods. A number of factors exacerbated the spread of the disease, including poor healthcare systems, distrust of authorities, stigma around the disease and traditional practices. 

On 25 April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck less than 50 miles from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. A 7.3 magnitude earthquake followed on 12 May. Estimates put the death toll at almost 9,000, with 2.8 million people requiring humanitarian assistance.

In 2017, the ongoing drought in Somalia worsened the country’s political and socio-economic fragility. The severe drought was the result of two consecutive seasons of poor rainfall. Over 6.2 million people, half the population, needed humanitarian assistance. The worst-affected areas saw large-scale crop failures and high levels of livestock deaths. Malnutrition and drought-related diseases grew, and increasing numbers of people faced displacement and competition for resources such as water. (UNOCHA 2017). ²

²  UN OCHA (2017). In the worst affected areas, large-scale crop failure and high levels of livestock deaths are occurring. Malnutrition and drought-related diseases are on the rise, so are displacements, including to Ethiopia.

https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/somalia-operational-plan-famine-prevention-jan-jun-2017

In November 2017, Bangladesh rapidly became home to the world’s largest population of displaced people, as over 700,000 people from the Rakhine state of Myanmar fled escalating violence. By the end of 2018, more than 900,000 people from the Rohingya community were living in 34 camps in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, including families who arrived before 2017.