From the IRC's 2022 Global Virtual Event, hear how IRC client Jean Michael maintained hope during his harrowing journey from Haiti to Mexico as he pursued asylum, crossing ten different countries to find safety and a new life. 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.

In the weeks after the December 2004 tsunami, survivors in devastated Aceh province, Indonesia, who were made homeless by the waves, found themselves in often crowded living conditions that put them at an increased risk for many kinds of infectious disease. The IRC responded immediately with emergency medical care and water and sanitation programs that dramatically reduced the potential for mass outbreaks.