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.

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.

    Thank you video for 2017 donors.

See highlights of the International Rescue Committee's annual Rescue Dinner on Nov. 2, 2017 in New York. Read more about the event.