Through a mentorship program run by the International Rescue Committee in Boise, a refugee family from the Democratic Republic of Congo was introduced to the Nash family—their first friends in America. Read their story.

Mawa was torn away from his family by Sudan’s civil war. After a decade apart, he was finally able reunite with his children with the help of the International Rescue Committee in Baltimore. 

This month, the International Rescue Committee's crisis news roundup looks at the record-breaking number of people fleeing war and crisis worldwide; the terrifying aerial attacks on Idlib, Syria; and a devastating drought in Somalia.

  When you support refugees, they thrive! These 4 companies are helping refugees find jobs. The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.

The Strangers' Case is William Shakespeare's rallying cry for humanity. This World Refugee Day, the International Rescue Committee and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre have brought it to life to ask the world: Will you stand with refugees? Take the pledge.

For the first time, the IRC has sponsored a boy's soccer team in Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp. The team reached the semifinal round of the Zaatari World Cup tournament. This is their story.

'Ahlan Simsim' is a new, local, Arabic-language version of 'Sesame Street' designed to help young refugees in the Middle East cope with crisis. It's part of a larger education partnership between the International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop.

International Rescue Committee workers from the field around the world share a moment from their day. From Tanzania to Afghanistan to Greece to Salt Lake City, get a brief glimpse of of the breadth and expanse of the IRC programs.  

Families in Somalia are facing theCOVID-19 pandemic, conflict and hunger.