International Rescue Committee UK (IRC-UK) is profoundly saddened by the death of our beloved colleague, Mary Anne Schwalbe, who passed away on 14 September. Mary Anne was a founding director of IRC-UK when it started in 1997 and remained a trustee and Development Committee member, continuing to make a valued contribution despite the difficulties her ill health presented in recent months.

It’s up to all of us to ensure the U.S. never again turns its back on the world’s most vulnerable people.

Transporting the sick, the injured and the dead, this Syrian paramedic in Eastern Ghouta risks shelling and airstrikes to save countless lives.

After some of the bloodiest fighting in more than seven years of civil war in Syria—including a suspected chemical attack in the town of Douma—the enclave of Eastern Ghouta is now under the control of the Syrian government. Here’s what you need to know:

Chadia arrived with her family in the UK six years ago after fleeing Syria. Today she's working as a dinner lady at a local school in her new home, Brighton.