Syrian refugees await an aid distribution at the Zaatari camp in Jordan. Close to half the refugees at Zaatari are children, some of who cross the border without family members. The IRC helps to reunite Syrian families in Jordan.

The Silk Road Dance Company performs at a cultural fair held by the American University chapter of Project Nur. The event was held to support the International Rescue Committee's work with Syrian refugees.

Emergency kits are packed in a warehouse then provided to IRC partners for distribution to vulnerable Syrians inside Syria.

So little can mean so much: Boots, blankets, socks, plastic sheeting and duct tape such as those in this IRC emergency kit are essential items in Syria where millions of civilians are in need.

A man carries the body of a boy after an air strike north of the Syrian city of Aleppo. An estimated third of the victims in Syria's civil war are civilians.