Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Northwestern Tanzania was established in 1996, when civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) forced people to flee their homes, often with little more than the clothes on their backs, and cross Lake Tanganyika into Tanzania. Today, more than 65,000 Congolese and Burundian refugees live in Nyarugusu, over half of whom are children.

What benefits can asylum seekers claim? And do refugees and asylum seekers get free housing? With so much misinformation about claiming asylum in the UK, we are exploring the realities...

The Healing Classrooms programme trains teachers in special techniques that help them engage traumatised kids and create a secure and nurturing learning environment. Thanks to Healing Classrooms, girls surrounded by violence can feel secure going to school, and children living with disabilities can easily participate in class.

Juliet is one of more than 2,000 girls between the ages of 16 and 19 from some of Kenya’s poorest communities who are benefiting from the IRC project Girls Empowered by Microfranchise (GEM).

Sixteen-year-old Wala’a is haunted by a terrifying memory—being assaulted by a soldier as she fled the war in Syria. One of more than 700,000 refugees now living in Jordan, she struggles to come to terms with the losses and hardships the conflict has inflicted on her and her family. But Wala’a has found a way to tell her story.