In a dark mud hut, VSLA members crowded around the communal safety deposit box. One by one they were called to present their passbooks, where ink stamped stars denoted the number of shares each of them had bought every week during the past months. Chantal, who cannot read or write, had only a vague idea of how much cash she would receive. She certainly didn’t expect it to be in excess of 80,000 Congolese francs (£53)—a small fortune in this area, where most families make ends meet with 60p a day or less.

Structured resettlement is a choice for people and for progress, and a choice that will give Europe more.

Women in their teens are joining forces with those in their twenties, thirties, forties, and beyond in Cameroon to give each other strength through crisis.

The Initial Meet-Up With Caregivers form gives an outline for schools to use to gain key information to support refugee and asylum-seeking students and their wider family from their very first day.

When you’ve been without a safe place to call home, you work to give others safety.

“The patients who come here are totally dependent on the services this hospital gives them,” Mohamed Yuusuf, doctor at IRC-run South Galkacyo Hospital in Somalia explains.

Imagine turning on a tap and seeing dirty water pour out. What would you do? Would you drink it? Would you wash your hands in it? Would you give some to your child

Syrian refugee children in Beirut often have to help support their families by selling flowers or even begging on the streets. The IRC’s safe spaces give these children a place to just be kids.