1.5 million children in Idlib, Syria are struggling after eight years of conflict. Many can’t go to school. Some must work. All are at risk of emotional trauma. We're giving 25,000 children backpacks stuffed with toys, puzzles, coloring books, crayons, pencils and storybooks. These kits help Syrian children find comfort while they build cognitive skills.

"Brave Girl Rising" tells the story of 17-year-old Nasro's determination to finish her education while living in a refugee camp in Kenya. The powerful, short film is a collaboration between the nonprofit Girl Rising and the International Rescue Committee. CNNi interviews the film's director, Martha Adams, and the IRC's Nicole Behnam.

This month, the International Rescue Committee's crisis news roundup looks at Afghanistan’s hunger crisis and harsh winter, the gang violence driving Central Americans to the U.S. border, and the humanitarian impact of four years of war in Yemen.

Inspired by her mother’s work as an activist for women’s rights in Brazil, Morena Baccarin is a strong advocate for the protection and empowerment of women and girls. She speaks to BUILD about her experience as an IRC Voice visiting the International Rescue Committee's emergency response supporting Venezuelan refugees in Colombia. 

IRC president David Miliband goes inside El Salvador, a country in the grip of extreme gang violence. The danger these gangs pose to lives and livelihoods is forcing people to flee their homes in record numbers, some with no choice but to seek asylum in the United States. Miliband meets with local IRC partners in El Salvador who are providing crisis support.

Central American families fleeing violence who are released from detention in the U.S. are often left at bus stations with scant information on what to do next as they seek asylum. Call your Senator now and tell them it is time for Congress to put a stop to the Trump administration’s attacks on asylum seekers.

This Iranian refugee family was approved for resettlement in Seattle on June 12, 2017, but because of the United States travel ban, the family's flights were canceled three times. While two family members were able to resettle to the U.S. this year with the support of the International Rescue Committee, the rest of their relatives remain in Turkey where they will restart the painstaking resettlement process from scratch. 

The IRC and its partners in Phoenix, Arizona are helping hundreds of Central American families seeking asylum with emergency support and connecting them with their family members in the U.S. Get an inside look into our work.

This month, the International Rescue Committee’s crisis news roundup looks at Zimbabwe in the wake of the disastrous Cyclone Idai; the rise of the second worst Ebola outbreak ever, in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and the challenges Central American asylum-seekers face at the U.S. border.

Meet resilient Syrian refugee mothers who are raising confident daughters—and won't let war, exile or an uncertain future stop them.