On World Humanitarian Day, hear from IRC staff members working tirelessly to make a lasting impact.

The world is celebrating the extraordinary rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team from a flooded cave network in the Mai Sai district of Thailand, but the incident has also shined a spotlight on a humanitarian crisis on the Thailand-Myanmar border that has been overlooked since the start of military rule in Myanmar in the 1960s.

On Nov. 7, 2017, Kathy Tran, a refugee from Vietnam, was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. Her experience as a refugee fleeing violence and persecution inspired her to run for office and build a more welcoming culture for immigrants in America.

Yasser and his mother Jumana describe how playing the buzuq—a string instrument similar to a lute—helps him cope with life in a camp for people internally displaced in northeast Syria.