For Uma Timsina nothing is more important than ensuring a good education for her son Kushal.

Kathryn Kurtz, a volunteer English language instructor, leads an advanced English class  for refugees at the IRC office in New York.

A new piece of bipartisan legislation in Congress aims to improve the way the United States welcomes refugees like Mona Rath and his family, who arrived in New York from Nepal in 2009.

Riverton High students conducted fundraising activities ranging from odd jobs like shoveling snow, to singing on street corners, holding a kiss a llama event and staging a benefit concert.

Chet Nath Timsina's youngest brother, Om, is happy to be in the United States with his family.

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The IRC's Desiree Collins models a hat that was created by a member of the knitting group; at left, more items knitted by Bhutanese refugee women who are part of the group