Since 1933, the International Rescue Committee has helped people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. Watch this video to delve into just a few of our responses to major crises around the world—and find out how that legacy continues today.

We asked Ukrainian refugees to write a letter to themselves, one year in the past, before the war. What would they tell themselves? What advice would they give? “You are going to lose some people to this war.