Through funding from the European Union (EU), the International Rescue Committee has been able to provide supplies and services to camp residents in Kachin state, located in northern Myanmar, to support residents — especially women and girls — in covering their basic needs, maintaining their health, and ensuring their well-being.

Lia Mocka is the Gender-Based Violence Specialist for the International Rescue Committee in Greece. Born in Albania, she moved to Greece when she was nine years old and andis a passionate feminist, working to ensure refugee women are protected and enabled to understand their rights.

Muyambo Marcel Chishimba is a Congolese refugee resettled by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in New Jersey, The United States. For three decades, Chishimba worked at his art before he was forced to flee his war-torn country in 1991.