An instructor at a non-profit that teaches skateboarding to children, Belqisa’s dreams of pro competition were put on hold when she had to escape Afghanistan. Now she’s seizing a chance for a new start.

Hear from an Afghan woman working against the odds to help others and work for gender equality.

Actor Mandy Patinkin is traveling in Europe with the IRC this week to see the refugee crisis firsthand, and meet brave and resilient people at various stages of their own journeys from harm to home. Follow his path - and theirs - from Greece to Serbia and Berlin.

Because so much more needs to be done to address the needs of refugees, both in Europe and in the Middle East, the IRC is asking individuals, foundations and corporations to help us expand and deepen the impact of our work.

The IRC responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Read updates on the Ukraine crisis and from IRC teams around the globe.

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