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T is for "Thanks"
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.
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- June 27, 2022
Yo-Yo Ma talks with Afghan refugees Zarlasht and Shir Zad Sarbaz
As part of the International Rescue Committee(IRC)'s 2022 Global Virtual Event, world famous cellist and IRC Luminary Yo-Yo Ma met with Zarlasht and Shir Zad Sarbaz, Afghan refugees who moved to the United States in December of 2021.
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- July 19, 2022
An American friend becomes family for a Somali refugee building a new life for her son
Navigating a new city alone as a refugees, this Somali family found comfort in their friendship with an American.
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- June 27, 2022
Syrian refugee children share their secret superpowers
At least a half million Syrian refugee children live in Lebanon. Many have no choice but to work on the streets or in the fields to help their families survive. The International Rescue Committee gives them a safe place to play, learn, and just be kids. Meet a group of children as they spend a day in one of these safe spaces dressing up in superhero costumes and talking about their secret superpowers.
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- June 27, 2022
A refugee helps to protect his community from COVID-19
Jonathan Amissa, a business owner and refugee from Cameroon, wanted to keep his staff safe from COVID-19. He ended up using his sewing skills to help protect the rest of the Boise community.
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- April 13, 2022
Where are refugees going?
Over 65 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes: 21 million of them are refugees who have crossed borders to seek safety. Where are most of these refugees going? The answer may surprise you.
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- June 27, 2022
Albert Einstein’s legacy as a refugee
Albert Einstein is known as a genius, physicist and Nobel Laureate. While his theory of relativity changed the world, it wasn’t his only legacy. He was also a refugee and humanitarian, having inspired the founding of the organization that became the International Rescue Committee.
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- March 20, 2023
Watch three stars’ special video letter to famous refugees
Lena Headey, Keegan Michael Key and Mandy Patinkin come together to pay tribute to the refugees who have shaped our world.
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- July 5, 2022
Dear Refugees, we stand with you
Refugees make our world better. As the world refugee crisis continues in 2019, join the IRC, Lena Headey, Keegan-Michael Key, Mandy Patinkin and others: Pledge to welcome and support refugees for World Refugee Day. Learn more
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- June 27, 2022
Make Chef Noori's Afghan family recipe: Mantu potato skins
His family's "survival meal" of potato skins with vegetables now stars on the menu at former Afghan refugee Chef Noori's restaurant, The Mantu. Try the recipe.
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- October 25, 2022