An English class is much more than an education for traumatized refugee children in Serbia. It’s a lifeline. Meet IRC partners doing pioneering work to help meet these students' psychological needs.

In this Medium series, Lucy Carrigan and Kathleen Prior from the IRC document the plight of refugees trapped by border closings along the Balkan route.

Imagine falling in love for the first time only to have your happiness destroyed in an instant. It happened to 19-year-old Rawan when her first love, Karam, was killed by a sniper in Syria. Learn how she overcame her crushing grief.

Words of outrage over the chemical weapons attack in Idlib, Syria must evolve into action—diplomatic action to protect innocent civilians and bring about a lasting and long overdue peace. Here are four things the U.S. can and must do now to help Syrians whose lives have been shattered by six years of war.