After a year of severe drought, flash floods have killed at least 77 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Afghanistan. The IRC is responding with emergency aid.

The International Rescue Committee is rapidly scaling up our efforts to reach as many people as possible in Zimbabwe after a powerful storm struck southern Africa.

Even from a young age Kaniz Fatema has been determined to help people.

As the refugee crisis in Europe and ongoing Syrian war continue to dominate news headlines, many countries struggle with conflict and natural disaster largely out of sight—and largely on their own.

Cyclone Kenneth is the second hurricane-force storm to hit southeast Africa in less than six weeks. As the IRC's team in Tanzania readied to respond if needed, our lifesaving Cyclone Idai response continued in Zimbabwe.

Fresh from filming the latest season of Showtime’s Homeland, actor and activist Mandy Patinkin recently traveled to Uganda with the International Rescue Committee to see what happens when refugees are welcomed with open arms.