At our annual Rescue Dinner in New York on Nov. 2 the IRC honored Michael Bloomberg and Liv Ullmann for their commitment to improving the lives of people around the world. The evening also featured performances by K'naan and a video with actor and comedian Keegan-Michael Key.

When you have gone without care, you make it your mission to heal. 

Meet Firas, 22, who worked with Refugee.Info, a digital service created by the International Rescue Committee in partnership with Google, Microsoft and Trip Advisor. The online and mobile platform provides crucial information to refugees seeking asylum from war and persecution.

“They are now my family.” A refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Robert Sebatware was surprised when a stranger on his doorstep quickly became one of his closest friends.

When he visited Lesbos, actor Mandy Patinkin helped to rescue a girl in a pink coat. The IRC returned to Lesbos to follow her story.

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.

Many of the International Rescue Committee’s over 20 offices across the United States are helping families arriving from Afghanistan.