The International Rescue Committee has been working in Pakistan since 1980. Within hours of the devastating earthquake on Oct. 8, 2005, IRC teams were on their way to the hardest hit areas to distribute emergency supplies and assist the survivors, with special emphasis on the needs of women and children.

Paind Khan has big plans for his biryani - it's going to be the first dish he'll cook for his wife when they're reunited. When that will be - he's not sure. He's not seen his family in 7 months, they're living in Germany and he's in Greece - he cannot join her unless his family reunification case has been accepted. He lives in Eleonas in Greece alongside 1,500 other refugees and peolpe who have fled violence.

  It was rush-hour in Canary Wharf when Mary Engleheart met 22-year-old Mohamed, a refugee with a Rocket Science degree looking for a job. Learn more about his story.

Fatima volunteers in an IRC-supported health centre in Kutapalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, where 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled since fleeing Myanmar. Every day, around 60 new babies are born in the camp. Fatima talks about the joy of helping with a new baby boy who was recently delivered in the centre.

Meet Taghreed and her 9-year-old son Yousif who share a sweet passion for baking. After fleeing from extremists in Iraq, the family was resettled by the International Rescue Committee in Seattle where Taghreed works as a professional pastry cook.

The world’s worst humanitarian crisis has wreaked havoc on women, men and children in Yemen. From famine to collapsed health systems, the crisis in Yemen has been hidden for too long. Since 2015, the Saudi- and Emirati-led coalition has undertaken 18,000 airstrikes—1 every 99 minutes.

The International Rescue Committee has partnered with Richard Curtis—renowned filmmaker and advocate for the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations—to produce a short film that explains how world leaders can turn the tables on extreme poverty, injustice and climate change. Learn more on why we must act now to achieve critical sustainable development goals by 2030. 

IRC President David Miliband has just visited Yemen. He recounts harrowing stories of our staff being evacuated from Hodeidah city under fire, famine, and continuing shortages of health supplies. Our teams will remain on the ground providing critical aid.

28-year-old Moussa has made a new life for himself in Greece since leaving the Ivory Coast. He's planning on opening 'Our Home', Athens' first Ivorian restaurant, inspired by his childhood. His family used to cook for the whole community for free, welcoming everyone into their home to enjoy food. Sadly, his parents and younger brother died before he left the Ivory Coast.

Instead of tidings of joy, Relf brought apathy, dissapointment and even rage. He was, quite frankly, useless. This year, leave Relf on the shelf and give a gift that matters.