“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.

Albert Einstein is known as a genius, physicist and Nobel Laureate. While his theory of relativity changed the world, it wasn’t his only legacy. He was also a refugee and humanitarian, having inspired the founding of the organization that became the International Rescue Committee.

For Afghan refugee Mohammed Omadi and his family, who live in a refugee camp in a suburb of Athens, cash relief is a small step toward regaining control of their lives.

After losing her husband to the war in South Sudan, social worker Lilian Dawa fled with her two young children to Uganda, where she helps other refugee women as an IRC community volunteer.

Fourteen-year-old Ruth used to wake up every morning wondering what she would learn at school. But when the terrorist group Boko Haram raided her village with guns drawn, her school became a place of danger.

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.

The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop—the nonprofit, educational organization behind Sesame Street—are working together to give millions of refugee children in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and northern Iraq the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.

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.

It’s the last day of Jori’s first week of kindergarten. Although her family arrived in the U.S. barely two years ago as refugees from Syria, the 5-year-old and her big brother, Majed, 8, are learning English and thriving in their new home in Dallas.

Syrian refugee Tamam Al Sharaa and his family now live in an apartment in North Dallas, Texas. The IRC defended the family’s right to resettle in Texas and helped them obtain housing and work in their new neighborhood.