Congo is now in its fourth decade of a major humanitarian crisis due to widespread violence, and now the latest volcanic eruption near Goma.

Nearly two and half years after President Obama’s Executive Action offering the opportunity for minors from Central America to access the refugee resettlement program, Hilda Galvez, a Honduran native, cried joyfully as her five-year-old son, Ever, was escorted through the gate at Newark Airport near midnight on March 9, 2017.

Learn how the IRC and Sesame Workshop's partnership has provided early childhood development services for over 1 million children across the region.