When you support refugees, they thrive! These 4 companies are helping refugees find jobs. The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.

Bothina Matar taught English in Syria before she and her young family fled the war and resettled in Texas. Now she trains refugee women hired by Gaia, the Dallas-based fashion accessories company where she works, and has become a mentor to other newcomers. Watch and share her inspiring story.  

Twenty-two million people in Yemen need humanitarian aid as their country's civil war enters its fourth year. The health system has been decimated and, across the country, one child under five dies every 10 minutes from preventable causes.

ABC News reports on the situation in war-torn Yemen and interviews an IRC aid worker on the ground. Watch parts 1 and 2 of its coverage of the crisis and the IRC's work on Nightline.

"Nightline" reports from war-torn Yemen, where three years of conflict have left nearly three million people homeless and 22 million in need of humanitarian aid. The story shows IRC teams reaching remote villages to provide lifesaving aid. Watch part 2 of the report.  

On a visit with the IRC to Serbia, IRC Ambassador Mandy Patinkin befriended a 10-year-old Afghan refugee -- and artist -- named Farhad. 

Refugees contribute to society in revolutionary ways. Given the chance to find safety and attend school, many go on to become business owners, entrepreneurs and inventors who change the way we live our lives for the better. Here are five notable inventions created by refugees.

IRC ambassador and Homeland star Mandy Patinkin traveled to Uganda to meet South Sudanese refugees and share their powerful stories.

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.  

Meet Lilian Dawa, a South Sudanese refugee, and mother, who works with the International Rescue Committee to prevent violence against women and girls in Uganda's sprawling Bidi Bidi refugee camp. Watch Lilian’s powerful encounter with IRC ambassador and actor Mandy Patinkin. Update September 15, 2020: Join Lilian Dawa, IRC president David Miliband, and former U.S.