After fleeing their home in Damascus, a family restarts their furniture upholstery business with help from the IRC.

With support from the International Rescue Committee, Susan Kayongo is able to run her own salon in Nairobi.

When millions fled Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia after the fall of Saigon, the IRC was there to help them start anew in the U.S.

On Wednesday, September 29, the IRC in Atlanta’s Executive Director, Justin Howell, hosted a webinar briefing with our partners—Alpa Amin, Executive Director of Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network (GAIN); Marjan Nadir, Economic Empowerment Manager at Refugee Women’s Network (RWN); and Chris Purdy, Director of Veterans for American Ideals and Outreach at Human Rights First—to discuss our work and how the community can help us welcome and support new Afghan arrivals in Georgia and continue our more than 40-year history of welcoming refugees to our state.

Tom Greenleigh Began his work at the IRC in Salt Lake City in 2016, committing his time as a Civic & Citizenship volunteer tutor helping refugees and other immigrants along their path to becoming U.S. citizens

As thousands of refugees are stranded or risking their lives trying to transit through Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary in extremely cold weather, the IRC and its partners in Serbia are providing winter relief, including clothing, medicine and other emergency aid in some of the most challenging locations.

As a way of tackling the ongoing displacement crisis and issues faced by these clients, the IRC is focusing on community engagement to help with the integration of resettled refugees into our local communities, through a new Co-Sponsorship Program. 

Hser Nay and her family joined the IRC in Utah’s New Roots program last year as budding farmers ready to grow fresh produce, work to achieve their goals of financial independence, and build a better life for their kids. They have achieved incredible success while building stronger bonds as a family and with their community.