As we embark on the season of giving — and giving thanks — all of us at the International Rescue Committee would like to thank our supporters for helping refugees and families worldwide. Because of our supporters, courageous families like the Wins have a chance at a brighter future.

With help from the International Rescue Committee and an aviation school in Jordan, two sisters from Syria and their Jordanian friend -- a future pilot, a future flight attendant and a future astronaut -- made their dream of flight a reality. Read their full story.

Yousef Al-Masri turns heads every day as he commutes to his volunteer job at an IRC-run health clinic in Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan.   A long walk to work prompted the 50-year-old anesthesiologist from Syria to devise a better way to get around the sprawling camp.

From Idomeni, Greece: a heart-warming story of a Syrian family who couldn’t leave behind their beloved cat when they fled to Europe for safety and a new life.

Fifteen-year-old Shaimah, from Syria, wants nothing more than a chance to live in peace and finish school. In the refugee camp where she's staying in Greece, she's found a special place where she can take classes again and heal from the pain of war with help from her teachers and friends. Read more about Shaimah.

Justus Rosenberg was the youngest member of the team led by Varian Fry that rescued some of Europe's most famous artists, writers, and intellectuals who had taken refuge in France prior to the Nazi invasion of 1940. Fry was sent on his mission by the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee, which would combine in 1942 with the International Relief Association to form the International Rescue Committee.

Meet Marwan, one of tens of thousands of people who've fled the battle for Mosul. Under ISIS, he was forced to grow a beard. This is his first shave in two years.  

IRC president and CEO David Miliband highlights the relationship between the IRC's efforts on behalf of displaced people around the world and our immigration and citizenship work in the United States.

Children selling items like CDs, gum and tissues out on the street is one of the most visible signs of the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon.

Born to parents who fled violence in Congo, Patrick and George became the first of their family to attend college. They are working to counter negative rhetoric about refugees in the United States and inspire other refugees to pursue their dreams. Read their full story.