Established in 2002 International Medical Corps UK has operated in over 25 countries over the past 6 years.

In March 2004 International Medical Corps UK implemented one of its first major programmes – a UNHCR funded project to provide comprehensive emergency assistance for more than 37,000 Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad. Since then International Medical Corps UK have continued operating in eastern Chad, Central African Republic and Darfur helping those affected by the Darfur crisis.

International Medical Corps UK were one of the first responders to the Tsunami in south-east Asia on Boxing-Day 2004, and throughout 2005 and 2006, with funding from Stichting Vluchteling (SV), provided an Emergency Health, Livelihood and Rehabilitation programme in Sri Lanka. With funding from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) International Medical Corps UK also provided assistance to underserved Tsunami affected communities in Indonesia.

International Medical Corps UK are one of the only humanitarian agencies to have operated in Iraq uninterrupted since 2003 and in late 2007 led a call for a ‘humanitarian surge’, calling on other agencies to join us in Iraq. Operating in 16 of the 18 governorates International Medical Corps UK’s programmes in Iraq continue to expand.

Two of the most dangerous countries in the world in recent years have been Somalia and Afghanistan, yet due to the commitment and courage of our volunteers and staff, International Medical Corps UK have been able to deliver emergency healthcare to refugees in Somalia and provide a wide-range of primary healthcare services to thousands in the remote north-east of Afghanistan.

International Medical Corps UK works alongside International Medical Corps worldwide (see International Medical Corps UK Affiliation) which over the past two decades, has responded to humanitarian emergencies and communities afflicted by conflict, poverty and natural disaster in more than 40 countries.

In 1986 Nancy A. Aossey joined International Medical Corps as President & CEO and has led the organisation since. “At that time, almost everyone in the relief community said training in a war zone couldn’t be done,” says Aossey. “The prevailing opinion was that you couldn’t simultaneously provide relief and build local capacity in such an unstable environment. International Medical Corps challenged that notion.”

International Medical Corps has gone on to provide life-saving care in more than 45 countries worldwide, responding to nearly every emergency in the last two decades. It deploys quickly in emergencies and then stays on to teach life-saving skills so that people locally can become self-reliant. Its training assures continuity and a new level of care for those impacted by conflict, tragedy and extreme poverty.