Theater director and Syrian refugee Bashar always dreamed of having creative control over his art and being able to express himself freely. Now, he puts on his own productions.

At four days old, he doesn’t yet have a name, or a birth certificate. The young Rohingya boy is embarking on a life already more challenging than most—born an unregistered refugee in the world’s biggest refugee camp.

A new IRC education survey lays out a devastating snapshot of what six years of fighting does to a generation.

“Becoming an American, to me, is the greatest thing I have ever achieved in my life,” says Timothy Cham, who fled violence in what is now South Sudan. After years in limbo, his family have settled in Baltimore, Maryland.

Uganda has embraced refugees fleeing war in South Sudan as brothers and sisters who need help and a chance to start a new life somewhere safe. See this welcome in action at a Ugandan restaurant whose owner is proud to count South Sudanese newcomers among her employees and customers.

Children of war have experienced unimaginable trauma. It’s difficult for them to express themselves and heal from their experiences. Art can help — that's why the IRC held a mask-painting workshop for Syrian refugee children in Jordan to help them communicate their feelings.

Read about an ordinary day for an extraordinary woman living in one of the world’s largest refugee camps.