The IRC’s Direct Service Team works closely with clients when they arrive in Wichita and provide clients with case management, extended case management and employment services. We wanted to give you a chance to meet our team and learn a little more about them.

This month Haben, an Eritrean refugee who was resettled by the IRC to Missoula three years ago, tells us abut her experience. When she arrived she spoke only a handful of words in English, but now speaks well enough to be interviewed for this story without interpretation.

Local community organization steps up to support refugee families during COVID-19

Oleksii and Roman work with International Rescue Committee (IRC) partner Migam to help Deaf Ukrainian refugees in Poland by using video calls to provide sign language interpretation.

Read stories from around the world of refugees assisted by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund and the International Rescue Committee.

Rawan Ismail has been volunteering with the IRC in New Jersey office since January 2024. A child of Egyptian immigrants, Rawan is passionate about helping people who have been affected by humanitarian crises and displaced from their homes.

Conflict and crises weaken health systems, deplete essential health resources, and consequently lead to staggeringly high rates of maternal and newborn mortality. Pregnancy and childbirth do not stop in times of crisis, and neither should access to high-quality, life-saving care. Many of these deaths can be prevented with accessible and cost-effective interventions, yet these often remain under resourced and underdelivered in humanitarian settings, where heath systems are disrupted, and human resources are insufficient.

Halyna and Nabila are two EVS technicians in Idaho working on the hospitals' first line of defense to keep our community safe.