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Family mentor Jamie Utz with 8-year-old Muhammed Samatar from Somalia

An American friend becomes family for a Somali refugee building a new life for her son

Navigating a new city alone as a refugees, this Somali family found comfort in their friendship with an American.

ArticleMarch 3, 2017
IRC staff member Amy Longa with Nor Kamel, a 19-year-old Rohingya refugee from Myanmar (Burma)

Forced to close her resettlement office, she couldn't turn one last refugee away

Even as she packed up her IRC office in Kansas in the wake of the Trump administration's deep cuts to refugee admissions, Amy Longa made sure a young Rohingya man could get the surgery he needed.

ArticleOctober 10, 2018

The Venezuelan crisis explained in 10 objects

Since 2014, economic upheaval and political turmoil in Venezuela have caused over 3 million people to flee the country, and this number is likely to rise as the crisis intensifies.

ArticleJanuary 18, 2019

Diabetes is manageable–unless you live in Syria 

A health system broken by war leaves Syrians to cope with unchecked chronic disease. The IRC is filling a critical gap in care for Syrians like 65-year-old Miriam with diabetes, as well as those with heart disease, asthma and other chronic conditions.

ArticleJune 23, 2017

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