A young girl watches her sister while her mom is busy. Children often have to take on added responsibilities including income generating activities such as gathering and selling firewood in order to make enough money to meet the needs of their families. CRS provides food, shelter, WASH and health referral support to ease the burden on families. Background: The humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria is one of the most neglected. Over 2.2 million people have been displaced as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria. CRS provides food, shelter, WASH, and non-food items (NFIs) to meet the most urgent needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and overstretched host communities.