More than 5 million people have fled Ukraine, mostly women and children, while 7 million remain displaced inside the country, all of them in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Here’s how the IRC is helping.

Only days after Hurricane Katrina destroyed a swath of the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the International Rescue Committee dispatched an emergency team of relief experts to Louisiana. For the first time in its 73-year history, the organization responded to a humanitarian crisis in the United States. 

Children like 11-year-old Farah who have lived under ISIS rule have often seen things that no child should have to see. The IRC provides safe spaces where they can play, learn and recover from emotional trauma.

Over 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine. Go inside the International Rescue Committee’s response supporting their long-term needs.

With millions of people fleeing Ukraine, get the facts on how the IRC responds to this and other fast-moving humanitarian crises—and find out how you can help.