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src="/sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_1280px_wide/public/2023-10/20211105%20CAMEROON%20NJOULIAMIMCHE%20ZEDOU%20ECHO%20PEACE-5260.jpg?itok=egd-UpBY" alt="Varvara holding his daughter in his arms"/></picture></div><div class="rpll-hero-layout-2__outer-text-wrapper"><div class="rpll-hero-layout-2__text-wrapper"><div class="rpll-hero-layout-2__primary"><div class="rplm-stacked-headline-3"><div class="rplm-stacked-headline-3__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug rpla-slug--size-extra-large rpla-slug--color-brand">Meet IRC clients, staff, activists and other changemakers and be inspired.</div><div class="rplm-stacked-headline-3__headline-wrapper"><h1 class="rplm-stacked-headline-3__headline">Stories</h1></div></div><div class="rplm-stacked-headline-3__social-wrapper"></div></div></div><div class="rpll-hero-layout-2__secondary"><div class="rplc-hero-landing-page__summary-wrapper"><div class="rplc-hero-landing-page__summary 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To jump right to a specific section, select the region below or scroll down to view our most recent stories.</p><p class="rpla-paragraph rpla-paragraph--body"><a href="#afghanistan" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Afghanistan</a> | <a href="#centralafrica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Central Africa</a> | <a href="#eastafrica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">East Africa</a> | <a href="#germany" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Germany</a> | <a href="#greece" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Greece</a> | <a href="#italy" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Italy</a> | <a href="#latinamerica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Latin America</a> | <a href="#northamerica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">North America</a> | <a href="#mena" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">North Africa</a> | <a href="#pakistan" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Pakistan</a> | <a href="#poland" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Poland</a> | <a href="#southeastasia" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Southeast Asia</a> | <a href="#syria" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Syria</a> | <a href="#westafrica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">West Africa</a> | <a href="#ukraine" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Ukraine</a> | <a href="#uk" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">United Kingdom</a> | <a href="#yemen" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Yemen</a></p><div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42123" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Our latest stories</h2></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list--highlighted rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted"><a href="/eu/article/womans-fight-against-her-grandsons-malnutrition-how-displacement-and-caregiving-collide" class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__wrapper-link" aria-label=" A woman's fight against her grandson’s malnutrition: how displacement and caregiving collide in Nigeria's crisis " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2024-11/20240205%20Nigeria%20_Marvellous%20Samsom%20_Health%20Nutrition%20Protection%20WASH%20_ECHO%204-min.JPG?itok=xspsKbaC" alt="Abdullahi was in a critical condition when he came into his grandmother’s care, but thanks to essential EU-funded health support and guidance from the IRC, he was able to get the malnutrition treatment he needed. " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-11/20240205%20Nigeria%20_Marvellous%20Samsom%20_Health%20Nutrition%20Protection%20WASH%20_ECHO%204-min.JPG?itok=qpFzbZGL 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2024-11/20240205%20Nigeria%20_Marvellous%20Samsom%20_Health%20Nutrition%20Protection%20WASH%20_ECHO%204-min.JPG?itok=1LFJy5a0 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_1280px_wide/public/2024-11/20240205%20Nigeria%20_Marvellous%20Samsom%20_Health%20Nutrition%20Protection%20WASH%20_ECHO%204-min.JPG?itok=xdo_g_1i 1280w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 976px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__text-wrapper" tabindex="0"><div class="rpla-slug"> Child Malnutrition </div><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--extra-large"> A woman's fight against her grandson’s malnutrition: how displacement and caregiving collide in Nigeria's crisis </h3><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__summary">When Amina Umaru Toko, 53, was displaced to Gwoza, Nigeria, due to violence and insecurity, she didn’t expect to also be suddenly caring for her critically ill grandchild.</div><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one rpla-link--subtype-inverse">Read the article</div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/photo-story-after-math-severe-flooding-rehabilitated-irc-health-facilities-provide-vital" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label=" Photo story: In the after-math of severe flooding, rehabilitated IRC health facilities provide vital aid in Pakistan " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-11/20240227-Pakistan-KJamil-health-36-min.jpg?h=22dfe1f7&itok=Evi02EPR" alt="District Khairpur, Pakistan. Activities at the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Centre (MNCH) where IRC and its implementing partners provide medical services to marginalized communities in Sindh." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-11/20240227-Pakistan-KJamil-health-36-min.jpg?h=22dfe1f7&itok=Evi02EPR 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2024-11/20240227-Pakistan-KJamil-health-36-min.jpg?h=22dfe1f7&itok=G8VlQuI7 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2024-11/20240227-Pakistan-KJamil-health-36-min.jpg?h=22dfe1f7&itok=cTd1E7gX 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Disaster Emergency </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large"> Photo story: In the after-math of severe flooding, rehabilitated IRC health facilities provide vital aid in Pakistan </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">In Pakistan, one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, a lack of preparedness for relief efforts threatens to push an estimated 9.1 million people in affected regions into poverty. Read the article.</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/ponis-story-finding-purpose-caring-community-after-unimaginable-tragedy" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label=" Poni’s story: Finding purpose in caring for community after unimaginable tragedy " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-11/20231114%20Terego%20DSsemogerere%20124.jpg?h=1e8024b5&itok=VLe1TX_B" alt="Poni Rakia cares for children in her settlement in Northern Uganda as part of her role as a Village Health Team (VHT) member. A VHT is a community-based health team that is trained, equipped, and supported by the IRC with funding from the European Union." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-11/20231114%20Terego%20DSsemogerere%20124.jpg?h=1e8024b5&itok=VLe1TX_B 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2024-11/20231114%20Terego%20DSsemogerere%20124.jpg?h=1e8024b5&itok=ypE5O9Dj 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2024-11/20231114%20Terego%20DSsemogerere%20124.jpg?h=1e8024b5&itok=NBwECI1v 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Rebuilding lives </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large"> Poni’s story: Finding purpose in caring for community after unimaginable tragedy </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/meet-naiko-afghan-refugee-turning-his-life-around" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label=" Meet Naiko: The Afghan refugee turning his life around " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-10/20240426-Pakistan-KRaza-education%20%2812%29-min.jpg?h=dba35679&itok=eBoWUGPm" alt="26 April 2024 - Chaman, Pakistan. 16-year-old Naiko is a student at the Govt Boys Middle School in Killa Malik Abdul Rehman Village. He was part of IRC's Accelerated Learning Program (ALP), which caters to out-of-school children to help them catch up and enroll in school. All of the students in this institution belong to low-income, marginalized families, and many of them are refugees." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-10/20240426-Pakistan-KRaza-education%20%2812%29-min.jpg?h=dba35679&itok=eBoWUGPm 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2024-10/20240426-Pakistan-KRaza-education%20%2812%29-min.jpg?h=dba35679&itok=5ZAlorRP 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2024-10/20240426-Pakistan-KRaza-education%20%2812%29-min.jpg?h=dba35679&itok=bXPK1aC0 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Afghan Refugees </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large"> Meet Naiko: The Afghan refugee turning his life around </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/iraqi-familys-efforts-rebuild-their-home-and-their-lives-0" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label=" An Iraqi family’s efforts to rebuild their home and their lives " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-09/pic_6.jpg?h=4233ef75&itok=2DKIjUf_" alt="Two Iraqi children play together." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-09/pic_6.jpg?h=4233ef75&itok=2DKIjUf_ 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2024-09/pic_6.jpg?h=4233ef75&itok=e8ezWiU2 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2024-09/pic_6.jpg?h=4233ef75&itok=SW_FK6Ys 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Returning home </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large"> An Iraqi family’s efforts to rebuild their home and their lives </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42131" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from Afghanistan and Afghans displaced around the world</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="afghanistan" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list--highlighted rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted"><a href="/eu/article/samiras-story-when-we-finally-left-afghanistan-we-were-not-happy-we-were-safe" class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__wrapper-link" aria-label="Samira’s story: “When we finally left Afghanistan we were not happy, but we were safe.”" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-12/vlcsnap-2023-12-06-10h12m00s273.jpg?h=920929c4&itok=yRqSG52V" alt="Illustration of Samira and her two small children" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-12/vlcsnap-2023-12-06-10h12m00s273.jpg?h=920929c4&itok=8mEENXGy 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-12/vlcsnap-2023-12-06-10h12m00s273.jpg?h=920929c4&itok=fokvwUHj 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_1280px_wide/public/2023-12/vlcsnap-2023-12-06-10h12m00s273.jpg?h=920929c4&itok=qemt-qYP 1280w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 976px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__text-wrapper" tabindex="0"><div class="rpla-slug"> Safe pathways: From Afghanistan to Germany </div><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--extra-large">Samira’s story: “When we finally left Afghanistan we were not happy, but we were safe.”</h3><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__summary">Samira and her family have overcome immense hurdles to leave Afghanistan and start a new life in Hanover, Germany - but they are amongst the small proportion of Afghans lucky enough to be offered a safe route out of the country.</div><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one rpla-link--subtype-inverse">Read the article</div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/ozairs-story-one-afghans-battle-be-reunited-his-family-italy" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Ozair’s story: One Afghan’s battle to be reunited with his family in Italy" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-11/20231006-Italy-RSaunders-Milan-staff-DSC00762.jpg?h=ce4311e7&itok=qukxsr2s" alt="Ozair sitting in the IRC office in Milan, Italy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-11/20231006-Italy-RSaunders-Milan-staff-DSC00762.jpg?h=ce4311e7&itok=qukxsr2s 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-11/20231006-Italy-RSaunders-Milan-staff-DSC00762.jpg?h=ce4311e7&itok=deyn9Su2 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-11/20231006-Italy-RSaunders-Milan-staff-DSC00762.jpg?h=ce4311e7&itok=2Oi8C8AY 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Safe pathways: From Afghanistan to Italy </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Ozair’s story: One Afghan’s battle to be reunited with his family in Italy</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/meet-saghar-afghan-journalist-making-her-fashion-dreams-reality-liverpool" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet Saghar, the Afghan journalist making her fashion dreams a reality in Liverpool " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=143c75ea&itok=st4-se2-" alt="Saghar Khalid " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=143c75ea&itok=st4-se2- 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=143c75ea&itok=RAfE2SFC 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=143c75ea&itok=rFIU2JPr 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> From Afghanistan to the UK </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet Saghar, the Afghan journalist making her fashion dreams a reality in Liverpool </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/after-11-years-apart-these-afghan-brothers-are-finally-reunited" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="After 11 years apart these Afghan brothers are finally reunited" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/2655/teaser/site20210920_germany_frankfurt_lenamucha31_1.jpg?itok=mJNP6bvb" alt="Brothers Ali and Mehdi take a selfie together at the airport. " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/2655/teaser/site20210920_germany_frankfurt_lenamucha31_1.jpg?itok=mJNP6bvb 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/article/2655/teaser/site20210920_germany_frankfurt_lenamucha31_1.jpg?itok=PXAf0M1u 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/article/2655/teaser/site20210920_germany_frankfurt_lenamucha31_1.jpg?itok=_FziFxG1 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Safe pathways: From Afghanistan to Germany </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">After 11 years apart these Afghan brothers are finally reunited</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/afghan-woman-determined-nurture-health-and-hope-her-community" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="An Afghan woman determined to nurture health and hope in her community" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-05/20220731%20Afghanistan%20OZerah%20MHNT%20cooking%20class-54.jpg?itok=y-miG9Wc" alt="Mariam finalizes the dish presented during her cooking class and prepares to serve it to the participants: Afghan women and children. " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-05/20220731%20Afghanistan%20OZerah%20MHNT%20cooking%20class-54.jpg?itok=y-miG9Wc 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-05/20220731%20Afghanistan%20OZerah%20MHNT%20cooking%20class-54.jpg?itok=qqOcYp1y 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-05/20220731%20Afghanistan%20OZerah%20MHNT%20cooking%20class-54.jpg?itok=pAshm1N0 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Health worker in Afghanistan </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">An Afghan woman determined to nurture health and hope in her community</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/meet-5-afghan-girls-determined-get-education" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet 5 Afghan girls determined to get an education" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-08/20220828%20OZerah%20Afghanistan%20Logar%20Education%20Portrait%20Shoot%20ECHO%20%2076-1200x800-5b2df79.jpeg?itok=ZxeitC1n" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-08/20220828%20OZerah%20Afghanistan%20Logar%20Education%20Portrait%20Shoot%20ECHO%20%2076-1200x800-5b2df79.jpeg?itok=ZxeitC1n 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-08/20220828%20OZerah%20Afghanistan%20Logar%20Education%20Portrait%20Shoot%20ECHO%20%2076-1200x800-5b2df79.jpeg?itok=VuSm4VEd 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-08/20220828%20OZerah%20Afghanistan%20Logar%20Education%20Portrait%20Shoot%20ECHO%20%2076-1200x800-5b2df79.jpeg?itok=2L-qe_kq 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Girls in Afghanistan </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet 5 Afghan girls determined to get an education</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/all-female-mobile-health-team-working-against-odds-afghanistan" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="The all-female mobile health team working against the odds in Afghanistan" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-08/20220730%20Afghanistan%20OZerah%20mobile%20health-30-2-1201x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=woLN-IWC" alt="Doctor Najia work as a Deputy Health Coordinator with IRC since 24 February 2022. This day she accompanies the team of female aid workers, all part of the mobile health team." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-08/20220730%20Afghanistan%20OZerah%20mobile%20health-30-2-1201x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=woLN-IWC 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-08/20220730%20Afghanistan%20OZerah%20mobile%20health-30-2-1201x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=w_sCgN5g 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-08/20220730%20Afghanistan%20OZerah%20mobile%20health-30-2-1201x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=rxYFhjLK 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> World Humanitarian Day </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">The all-female mobile health team working against the odds in Afghanistan</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/afghan-woman-and-aid-worker-speaks-out" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="An Afghan woman and aid worker speaks out" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-12/20190701_SGlinski_Badghis_105_Afghanistan.jpg?itok=KuVWT_WB" alt="Fatima sitting next to a sack of grain" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-12/20190701_SGlinski_Badghis_105_Afghanistan.jpg?itok=KuVWT_WB 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2021-12/20190701_SGlinski_Badghis_105_Afghanistan.jpg?itok=wvs0qTkN 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2021-12/20190701_SGlinski_Badghis_105_Afghanistan.jpg?itok=TWhzzgZR 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 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3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Perspective </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Working against the odds: Mujda’s story</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__more-wrapper"><div class="rplm-more"><a href="/eu/country/afghanistan" role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-three">Read more about Afghanistan</a></div></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42137" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from Central Africa</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="centralafrica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a><p class="rpla-paragraph">Including Burundi, Chad, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).</p></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list-- rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/after-leaving-her-home-chadian-mother-finds-new-hope" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="After leaving her home, a Chadian mother finds new hope" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-05/Khaltouma_portrait-2_resized.jpg?itok=F8vccmg3" alt="Kaltouma holds her baby in IRC health centre" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-05/Khaltouma_portrait-2_resized.jpg?itok=F8vccmg3 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2021-05/Khaltouma_portrait-2_resized.jpg?itok=WTxFcY6g 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2021-05/Khaltouma_portrait-2_resized.jpg?itok=uXxuf-ze 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 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3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Perspective </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Women, together, rebuilding their lives in Chad</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42136" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from East Africa</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="eastafrica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a><p class="rpla-paragraph">Including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan.</p></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list--highlighted rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted"><a href="/eu/article/learning-through-play-legor-bricks-uganda" class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__wrapper-link" aria-label="Learning Through Play with LEGO® Bricks in Uganda" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2024-01/20231006_Uganda_DTaremwa_PlayMatters_Nursery-136-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=on8wa7fo" alt="Students in Uganda hold LEGO bricks above their heads." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-01/20231006_Uganda_DTaremwa_PlayMatters_Nursery-136-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=PSX0ryTy 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2024-01/20231006_Uganda_DTaremwa_PlayMatters_Nursery-136-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=T9ly88Vg 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_1280px_wide/public/2024-01/20231006_Uganda_DTaremwa_PlayMatters_Nursery-136-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=K--pf96M 1280w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 976px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 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3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Safe pathways: From Afghanistan to Germany </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Samira’s story: “When we finally left Afghanistan we were not happy, but we were safe.”</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/after-11-years-apart-these-afghan-brothers-are-finally-reunited" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="After 11 years apart these Afghan brothers are finally reunited" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/2655/teaser/site20210920_germany_frankfurt_lenamucha31_1.jpg?itok=mJNP6bvb" alt="Brothers Ali and Mehdi take a selfie together at the airport. " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/2655/teaser/site20210920_germany_frankfurt_lenamucha31_1.jpg?itok=mJNP6bvb 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/article/2655/teaser/site20210920_germany_frankfurt_lenamucha31_1.jpg?itok=PXAf0M1u 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/article/2655/teaser/site20210920_germany_frankfurt_lenamucha31_1.jpg?itok=_FziFxG1 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Safe pathways: From Afghanistan to Germany </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">After 11 years apart these Afghan brothers are finally reunited</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/video/lena-headey-reunites-marwa-syrian-refugee-germany" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Lena Headey reunites with Marwa, a Syrian refugee in Germany" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" data-rpl-content-type="video" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/oembed_thumbnails/vz4-NS3CPhgQJdiP7CdV0J3TzbxdkrTdDABEWcDQOXk.jpg?itok=ZnjGUR5r" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/oembed_thumbnails/vz4-NS3CPhgQJdiP7CdV0J3TzbxdkrTdDABEWcDQOXk.jpg?itok=ZnjGUR5r 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/oembed_thumbnails/vz4-NS3CPhgQJdiP7CdV0J3TzbxdkrTdDABEWcDQOXk.jpg?itok=w4OVk2Ru 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/oembed_thumbnails/vz4-NS3CPhgQJdiP7CdV0J3TzbxdkrTdDABEWcDQOXk.jpg?itok=mJ-zP--7 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Video </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Lena Headey reunites with Marwa, a Syrian refugee in Germany</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Watch their reunion</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__more-wrapper"><div class="rplm-more"><a href="/eu/country/germany" role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-three">Read more about Germany</a></div></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42128" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from Greece</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="greece" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a><p class="rpla-paragraph">The IRC works in Greece to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, to survive, recover and gain control of their future. <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="279ef280-1bce-4e4b-8af3-bc7bf19d83a2" href="/node/10764" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Learn more</a>.</p></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list--highlighted rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted"><a href="/eu/article/after-years-being-moved-around-greece-karimas-family-has-finally-found-place-call-home" class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__wrapper-link" aria-label="After years of being moved around Greece, Karima’s family has finally found a place to call home in Athens and a chance to build a brighter future" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-05/Ashia-%282%29-name-removed.jpg?itok=MjCvTYnH" alt="Karima's children holding drawings" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-05/Ashia-%282%29-name-removed.jpg?itok=IYHJ_PHq 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-05/Ashia-%282%29-name-removed.jpg?itok=FqDMueg4 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_1280px_wide/public/2023-05/Ashia-%282%29-name-removed.jpg?itok=xJKZZCXv 1280w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 976px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__text-wrapper" tabindex="0"><div class="rpla-slug"> A single parent family’s journey to safety </div><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--extra-large">After years of being moved around Greece, Karima’s family has finally found a place to call home in Athens and a chance to build a brighter future</h3><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__summary">Karima is a woman from Iraq, living alone with her four children in an independent living apartment in Athens, Greece. Read her story.<br /></div><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one rpla-link--subtype-inverse">Read the article</div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/afghan-teenagers-journey-safety" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="An Afghan teenager's journey to safety" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/6098/teaser/ali_3_ada_jusic_1.jpg?itok=bmcjOqKN" alt="Illustration of Ali, 16, an Afghan refugee, with a thought bubble behind him. In the bubble his future self is shown hugging his brother when they are reunited and holding a wrench while working as a mechanic. " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/6098/teaser/ali_3_ada_jusic_1.jpg?itok=bmcjOqKN 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/article/6098/teaser/ali_3_ada_jusic_1.jpg?itok=Ngo4rATI 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/article/6098/teaser/ali_3_ada_jusic_1.jpg?itok=c9Xk5aPz 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Afghan refugees </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">An Afghan teenager's journey to safety</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read and share Ali's story</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/hassans-story" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Moving from place to place is not easy, especially for a 16-year-old boy like Hassan" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-11/_DSC8947.jpg?itok=-ogeWnw3" alt="Teenager at a Supported Independent Living unit in Athens" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-11/_DSC8947.jpg?itok=-ogeWnw3 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-11/_DSC8947.jpg?itok=R29dZ7A5 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-11/_DSC8947.jpg?itok=ayQ1BZ-E 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> A teenager's journey to safety </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Moving from place to place is not easy, especially for a 16-year-old boy like Hassan</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/mojdehs-story" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Mojdeh's story" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-09/Mojdeh_home_illustration.png?itok=Y9FerKPk" alt="Illustration of Mojdeh and her daughter in front of a house" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-09/Mojdeh_home_illustration.png?itok=Y9FerKPk 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-09/Mojdeh_home_illustration.png?itok=ssbZb8D8 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-09/Mojdeh_home_illustration.png?itok=AvLrQ6HZ 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> IRC Hellas </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Mojdeh's story</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/16-year-olds-hopes-be-reunited-his-family" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="A 16-year-old’s hopes to be reunited with his family" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-06/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?itok=ZxX0a6Kq" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-06/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?itok=ZxX0a6Kq 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2021-06/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?itok=h5H8AmIv 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2021-06/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?itok=0KgpjkjF 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> A teenager's journey to safety </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">A 16-year-old’s hopes to be reunited with his family</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/awaiting-decision-asylum-parwan-learnt-language-and-cities-greece-and-how-build-his-future" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Awaiting a decision for asylum, Parwan learnt the language and cities of Greece and how to build his future" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-11/In%20front%20of%20the%20oven%20%282%29.png?itok=FOaeHojM" alt="Parwan standing in front of his pizza oven" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-11/In%20front%20of%20the%20oven%20%282%29.png?itok=FOaeHojM 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-11/In%20front%20of%20the%20oven%20%282%29.png?itok=kpIDIqUT 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-11/In%20front%20of%20the%20oven%20%282%29.png?itok=0B7Ug0PQ 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> A teenager’s journey to safety </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Awaiting a decision for asylum, Parwan learnt the language and cities of Greece and how to build his future</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/mehdis-story" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Mehdi's story" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-09/CCAC_illustration.png?itok=j89NKy-A" alt="Illustration: Mehdi stands before a barbed wire fence at a CCAC camp on Samos" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-09/CCAC_illustration.png?itok=j89NKy-A 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-09/CCAC_illustration.png?itok=y0iAbhbR 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-09/CCAC_illustration.png?itok=rVzVTFdp 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> IRC Hellas </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Mehdi's story</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/ahmads-story" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Ahmad's story" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-08/Ahmad.jpeg?itok=KnuMeeMD" alt="Black and white photo of Ahmad standing against a window looking outside" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-08/Ahmad.jpeg?itok=KnuMeeMD 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-08/Ahmad.jpeg?itok=cefG89Yh 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-08/Ahmad.jpeg?itok=Qzpck5lq 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> IRC Hellas </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Ahmad's story</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/its-place-where-i-can-talk-and-open-my-heart" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label=""It's a place where I can talk and open my heart"" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_022.jpg?itok=s00sOTU2" alt="Audrey looks at her pregnant belly" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_022.jpg?itok=s00sOTU2 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_022.jpg?itok=pcA3sOCX 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_022.jpg?itok=uccIdpts 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Crisis in Greece </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">"It's a place where I can talk and open my heart"</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/rescuing-futures-greece-i-see-children-transform-butterflies" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Rescuing futures in Greece: “I see the children transform like butterflies”" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/ketty_looking_into_distance.jpg?itok=IxWFiQCJ" alt="Ketty looking into distance" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/ketty_looking_into_distance.jpg?itok=IxWFiQCJ 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2019-12/ketty_looking_into_distance.jpg?itok=_k94_t0q 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2019-12/ketty_looking_into_distance.jpg?itok=eqlX9R8D 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Rescuing humanity </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Rescuing futures in Greece: “I see the children transform like butterflies”</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/after-his-family-reunification-application-was-rejected-bahar-stuck-greece-he-determined" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="After his family reunification application was rejected, Bahar is stuck in Greece - but he is determined to have a good future" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-07/Bahar%20%281%29%20Ada_Jusic-min.jpg?itok=fUaLUW1K" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-07/Bahar%20%281%29%20Ada_Jusic-min.jpg?itok=fUaLUW1K 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2021-07/Bahar%20%281%29%20Ada_Jusic-min.jpg?itok=Fh8tbzCN 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2021-07/Bahar%20%281%29%20Ada_Jusic-min.jpg?itok=dzO2PUF6 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> A teenagers journey to safety </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">After his family reunification application was rejected, Bahar is stuck in Greece - but he is determined to have a good future</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/they-are-given-opportunity-little-push-spread-their-wings-and-fly-meet-marina-theodorou" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label=""They are given an opportunity, a little push to spread their wings and fly” - meet Marina Theodorou, a social worker supporting young refugees in Greece" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-11/Marina%20photo.jpg?itok=Sku4dE4z" alt="Social worker Marina Theodorou" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-11/Marina%20photo.jpg?itok=Sku4dE4z 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2021-11/Marina%20photo.jpg?itok=FZzELhsN 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2021-11/Marina%20photo.jpg?itok=yfvuWaa8 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Stories of welcome </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">"They are given an opportunity, a little push to spread their wings and fly” - meet Marina Theodorou, a social worker supporting young refugees in Greece</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/every-day-waiting-day-one-syrian-father-battles-uncertainty-greece" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="“Every day is a waiting day.” One Syrian father battles uncertainty in Greece" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_011.jpg?itok=nQI8DQF7" alt="Illustration by Jocie Juritz about mental health crisis on the Greek islands" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_011.jpg?itok=nQI8DQF7 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_011.jpg?itok=Q1OtA6HW 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_011.jpg?itok=h7EZJc0i 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Courage to continue </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">“Every day is a waiting day.” One Syrian father battles uncertainty in Greece</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/one-unstoppable-mums-journey-across-mediterranean-save-her-family" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="One unstoppable mum’s journey across the Mediterranean to save her family" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-03/20190918_erobinson_greece_27_0.jpg?itok=cHh3lb-W" alt="Wahida and her sons in Lesvos." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-03/20190918_erobinson_greece_27_0.jpg?itok=cHh3lb-W 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2020-03/20190918_erobinson_greece_27_0.jpg?itok=nLl9JsrH 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2020-03/20190918_erobinson_greece_27_0.jpg?itok=UblWJUb8 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Life in Lesvos </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">One unstoppable mum’s journey across the Mediterranean to save her family</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/moria-women-empowered" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Moria: Women Empowered" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-03/2019_03_MBicanski_Griechenland_Frauen_Fluchtlingslager-Moria_Lesvos_14.jpg?itok=5Vbv-0HU" alt="Zwei geflüchtete Frauen sitzen mit ihrem Hund vor einem Zelt im Flüchtlingslager auf der griechischen Insel Lesbos" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-03/2019_03_MBicanski_Griechenland_Frauen_Fluchtlingslager-Moria_Lesvos_14.jpg?itok=5Vbv-0HU 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2020-03/2019_03_MBicanski_Griechenland_Frauen_Fluchtlingslager-Moria_Lesvos_14.jpg?itok=qXvefaxk 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2020-03/2019_03_MBicanski_Griechenland_Frauen_Fluchtlingslager-Moria_Lesvos_14.jpg?itok=M_ZSHmIz 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Our work in Greece </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Moria: Women Empowered</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/you-talk-about-social-distance-well-its-not-working-here" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="“You talk about social distance? Well it’s not working here.”" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_020.jpg?itok=oeggzBBR" alt="Illustration by Jocie Juritz about mental health crisis on the Greek islands" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_020.jpg?itok=oeggzBBR 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_020.jpg?itok=I_CKmXDk 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2020-12/IRC_stills_1920_020.jpg?itok=edChkUA6 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Courage to continue </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">“You talk about social distance? Well it’s not working here.”</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/after-fleeing-war-iraq-footballing-teenager-has-his-sights-set-one-goal" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="After fleeing war in Iraq, this footballing teenager has his sights set on one goal" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/hero_sami.jpg?itok=cMN2snHC" alt="boy makes a trick with a football" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/hero_sami.jpg?itok=cMN2snHC 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2019-12/hero_sami.jpg?itok=tLbz9lAV 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2019-12/hero_sami.jpg?itok=eYs4ja7E 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Rescuing futures </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">After fleeing war in Iraq, this footballing teenager has his sights set on one goal</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__more-wrapper"><div class="rplm-more"><a href="/eu/where-we-work/hellas-en" role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-three">More about the IRC's work in Greece</a></div></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="45065" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from Italy</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="italy" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a><p class="rpla-paragraph">IRC Italy is the International Rescue Committee's presence in Italy, working to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, to survive, recover and gain control of their future. <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="32b9fce5-0aae-4356-a56e-1c472950b0aa" href="/node/527" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Learn more</a>.</p></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list--highlighted rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted"><a href="/eu/article/ozairs-story-one-afghans-battle-be-reunited-his-family-italy" class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__wrapper-link" aria-label="Ozair’s story: One Afghan’s battle to be reunited with his family in Italy" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-11/20231006-Italy-RSaunders-Milan-staff-DSC00762.jpg?h=ce4311e7&itok=2Oi8C8AY" alt="Ozair sitting in the IRC office in Milan, Italy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-11/20231006-Italy-RSaunders-Milan-staff-DSC00762.jpg?h=ce4311e7&itok=qukxsr2s 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-11/20231006-Italy-RSaunders-Milan-staff-DSC00762.jpg?h=ce4311e7&itok=deyn9Su2 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_1280px_wide/public/2023-11/20231006-Italy-RSaunders-Milan-staff-DSC00762.jpg?h=ce4311e7&itok=Sf-OpCyo 1280w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 976px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__text-wrapper" tabindex="0"><div class="rpla-slug"> Safe pathways: From Afghanistan to Italy </div><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--extra-large">Ozair’s story: One Afghan’s battle to be reunited with his family in Italy</h3><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__summary">Evacuated to Europe during the change in power in 2021, Ozair was lucky to be evacuated from Afghanistan to Italy during the change in power in 2021, but he was devastated to leave his family behind.</div><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one rpla-link--subtype-inverse">Read the article</div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/ukraine-italy-two-sisters-rediscover-life-after-displacement" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="From Ukraine to Italy: Two sisters rediscover life after displacement" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-12/20231003%20Italy%20RSaunders%20Trieste%20client%20DSC00700.jpg?h=b67c43d7&itok=ho5OrCOi" alt="Ukrainian twins Maryana and Ruslana standing in front of the IRC logo" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-12/20231003%20Italy%20RSaunders%20Trieste%20client%20DSC00700.jpg?h=b67c43d7&itok=ho5OrCOi 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-12/20231003%20Italy%20RSaunders%20Trieste%20client%20DSC00700.jpg?h=b67c43d7&itok=6BJ-EepO 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-12/20231003%20Italy%20RSaunders%20Trieste%20client%20DSC00700.jpg?h=b67c43d7&itok=dXC84xQX 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Welcoming refugees </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">From Ukraine to Italy: Two sisters rediscover life after displacement</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/meet-refugees-fighting-misinformation-coronavirus-italy" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet the refugees fighting misinformation on coronavirus in Italy" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/2223/teaser/img_0466.jpg?itok=_ffG9gkR" alt="ALT TEXT" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/2223/teaser/img_0466.jpg?itok=_ffG9gkR 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/article/2223/teaser/img_0466.jpg?itok=LJ9dAi5D 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/article/2223/teaser/img_0466.jpg?itok=7ryeFsI- 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> IRC Italy </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet the refugees fighting misinformation on coronavirus in Italy</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__more-wrapper"><div class="rplm-more"><a href="/eu/country/italy" role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-three">Read more about Italy</a></div></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42130" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from Latin America</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="latinamerica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list-- rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/being-lgbtq-latin-america-four-stories-bravery-and-resilience" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Being LGBTQ+ in Latin America: Four stories of bravery and resilience " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-05/20220531_Mexico_ABrenner_CVE-0136-2000x1333-282f2dd.jpg?itok=lMqm6y4n" alt="Ana stands facing the camera" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-05/20220531_Mexico_ABrenner_CVE-0136-2000x1333-282f2dd.jpg?itok=lMqm6y4n 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-05/20220531_Mexico_ABrenner_CVE-0136-2000x1333-282f2dd.jpg?itok=7lAGdHBU 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-05/20220531_Mexico_ABrenner_CVE-0136-2000x1333-282f2dd.jpg?itok=hEkpddS2 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Pride Month </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Being LGBTQ+ in Latin America: Four stories of bravery and resilience </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Four inspiring stories</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/asylum-seekers-dangerous-journey-safety" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="An asylum seeker’s dangerous journey to safety" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-05/20230215%20Mexico%20PRatje%20migration%20011-min.JPG?itok=izY_oMQD" alt=" Alejandro Ruelas, 35, Child Protection Officer for IRC, holds a men’s group with migrants from all around Central and South America at the IRC office in Ciudad Juárez. " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-05/20230215%20Mexico%20PRatje%20migration%20011-min.JPG?itok=izY_oMQD 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-05/20230215%20Mexico%20PRatje%20migration%20011-min.JPG?itok=MKWRSDRG 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-05/20230215%20Mexico%20PRatje%20migration%20011-min.JPG?itok=p_A3m7w0 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Crisis in Mexico </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">An asylum seeker’s dangerous journey to safety</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/trans-womans-journey-el-salvador-united-states" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="A trans woman’s journey from El Salvador to the United States" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-11/20210324_Juarez_PRatje_Fernanda_10-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=fcjz1iBl" alt="Image of Fernanda standing against a guard rail" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-11/20210324_Juarez_PRatje_Fernanda_10-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=fcjz1iBl 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-11/20210324_Juarez_PRatje_Fernanda_10-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=Nx93qBbO 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-11/20210324_Juarez_PRatje_Fernanda_10-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=wRK_Ivk0 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Fernanda's story </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">A trans woman’s journey from El Salvador to the United States</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/looking-back-lessons-ive-learned-how-protect-venezuelans-move" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Looking back: lessons I’ve learned on how to protect Venezuelans on the move" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-07/20220211_Colombia_Mariangela_Humanitarian%20transportation_%288%29.jpeg?itok=tDhh3AeU" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-07/20220211_Colombia_Mariangela_Humanitarian%20transportation_%288%29.jpeg?itok=tDhh3AeU 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-07/20220211_Colombia_Mariangela_Humanitarian%20transportation_%288%29.jpeg?itok=WMiGe6ul 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-07/20220211_Colombia_Mariangela_Humanitarian%20transportation_%288%29.jpeg?itok=2BvYctkl 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Staff perspective </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Looking back: lessons I’ve learned on how to protect Venezuelans on the move</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/venezuelan-mother-medellin-fighting-survive-city-eternal-spring" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="A Venezuelan mother in Medellin: fighting to survive in the ‘City of Eternal Spring’" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/20190815_frios_colomba_16.jpg?itok=LTJ-uYD1" alt="View on Medellín from a mountain" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/20190815_frios_colomba_16.jpg?itok=LTJ-uYD1 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2019-12/20190815_frios_colomba_16.jpg?itok=UL4nYUKF 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2019-12/20190815_frios_colomba_16.jpg?itok=_el0Awq0 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Crisis in Venezuela </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">A Venezuelan mother in Medellin: fighting to survive in the ‘City of Eternal Spring’</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/new-start-venezuelan-family-facing-uncertain-future" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="A new start for a Venezuelan family facing an uncertain future" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/new%20Start%20for%20Venezuelan%20refugee%20familiy%20in%20colombia_0.jpg?itok=y_Pa8iMb" alt="mother with two children and dog in front of her wooden cabin" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/new%20Start%20for%20Venezuelan%20refugee%20familiy%20in%20colombia_0.jpg?itok=y_Pa8iMb 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2019-12/new%20Start%20for%20Venezuelan%20refugee%20familiy%20in%20colombia_0.jpg?itok=i9lV4IgS 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2019-12/new%20Start%20for%20Venezuelan%20refugee%20familiy%20in%20colombia_0.jpg?itok=gyb4nRd3 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Crisis in Venezuela </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">A new start for a Venezuelan family facing an uncertain future</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42132" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from North Africa</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="northafrica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a><p class="rpla-paragraph">Including Libya.</p></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list-- rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/adel-irc-libya-response-sea-team" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Adel - IRC Libya Response at Sea team" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-11/3J6A1590.JPG?itok=pHfouClC" alt="Photo of Adel, IRC Libya Emergency at Sea responder" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-11/3J6A1590.JPG?itok=pHfouClC 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-11/3J6A1590.JPG?itok=oLaPQzOL 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-11/3J6A1590.JPG?itok=lnxX4FG1 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> IRC Libya </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Adel - IRC Libya Response at Sea team</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/meet-fearless-mobile-health-team-protecting-women-libya" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet the fearless mobile health team protecting women in Libya" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/26032019_ohanesian_libya_18.jpg?itok=RLpIbcH7" alt="A female IRC worker in a room full of waiting women" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/26032019_ohanesian_libya_18.jpg?itok=RLpIbcH7 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2019-12/26032019_ohanesian_libya_18.jpg?itok=TVxuIXL8 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2019-12/26032019_ohanesian_libya_18.jpg?itok=bsHBBqFm 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Courage in conflict </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet the fearless mobile health team protecting women in Libya</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42138" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from North America</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="northamerica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a><p class="rpla-paragraph">Including Canada, Mexico, and the United States. For more information about the IRC's work in North America, visit <a href="https://www.rescue.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">www.rescue.org</a>.</p></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list-- rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/my-life-depended-painting-meet-muyambo-marcel-chishimba" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label=""My life depended on painting." Meet Muyambo Marcel Chishimba" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-06/20210528_Elizabeth_AOberstadt_11.jpg?itok=eR-LlIEF" alt="Chishimba håller upp sin konst" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-06/20210528_Elizabeth_AOberstadt_11.jpg?itok=eR-LlIEF 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2021-06/20210528_Elizabeth_AOberstadt_11.jpg?itok=jpZ6_qH_ 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2021-06/20210528_Elizabeth_AOberstadt_11.jpg?itok=9BgcVoa_ 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> World Refugee Day </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">"My life depended on painting." Meet Muyambo Marcel Chishimba</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/my-past-my-music-meet-rapper-songwriter-and-record-producer-belly" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="“My past is in my music.” Meet rapper, songwriter and record producer Belly" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-06/Belly_portrait_landing_0.jpg?itok=wCkxgv-N" alt="Detta är Belly – RAPPARE, SÅNGARE, LÅTSKRIVARE OCH SKIVPRODUCENT" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-06/Belly_portrait_landing_0.jpg?itok=wCkxgv-N 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2021-06/Belly_portrait_landing_0.jpg?itok=P4I5IsjN 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2021-06/Belly_portrait_landing_0.jpg?itok=R61KSi2R 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> World Refugee Day </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">“My past is in my music.” Meet rapper, songwriter and record producer Belly</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/meet-nurse-practitioner-and-refugee-fighting-coronavirus" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet a nurse practitioner and refugee fighting the coronavirus" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-04/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-29%20at%203.17.17%20PM.png?itok=DbzcRW6O" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-04/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-29%20at%203.17.17%20PM.png?itok=DbzcRW6O 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2020-04/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-29%20at%203.17.17%20PM.png?itok=JSsD11r3 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2020-04/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-29%20at%203.17.17%20PM.png?itok=HsVMgD44 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Refugees Welcome </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet a nurse practitioner and refugee fighting the coronavirus</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/its-not-hardship-humanity-defines-us" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="‘It’s not hardship, but humanity, that defines us’" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/USA%20-%20refugees%20from%20el%20salvador%20find%20home%20in%20dallas_1.jpg?itok=_Jc384Wu" alt="three laughing people sitting on a sofa " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/USA%20-%20refugees%20from%20el%20salvador%20find%20home%20in%20dallas_1.jpg?itok=_Jc384Wu 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2019-12/USA%20-%20refugees%20from%20el%20salvador%20find%20home%20in%20dallas_1.jpg?itok=Y1JfXil7 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2019-12/USA%20-%20refugees%20from%20el%20salvador%20find%20home%20in%20dallas_1.jpg?itok=wPqVsI8Z 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Refugees in America </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">‘It’s not hardship, but humanity, that defines us’</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42133" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from Pakistan</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="pakistan" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list--highlighted rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted"><a href="/eu/article/photo-story-scenes-irc-clinic-northwest-pakistan" class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__wrapper-link" aria-label="Photo story: scenes from an IRC clinic in northwest Pakistan" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-11/20220408%20Pakistan%20JMukhtar%20EC513%20Health-Khalid-82-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=DTyqvmE-" alt="Dr. Mujahid does a health check-up on a newborn baby" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-11/20220408%20Pakistan%20JMukhtar%20EC513%20Health-Khalid-82-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=cf7U8KMM 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-11/20220408%20Pakistan%20JMukhtar%20EC513%20Health-Khalid-82-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=hyXyZ36L 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_1280px_wide/public/2022-11/20220408%20Pakistan%20JMukhtar%20EC513%20Health-Khalid-82-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=ADdCJlen 1280w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 976px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__text-wrapper" tabindex="0"><div class="rpla-slug"> Healthcare in emergencies </div><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--extra-large">Photo story: scenes from an IRC clinic in northwest Pakistan</h3><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__summary">Pakistan remains one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. The IRC and the EU are responding to the most pressing health needs on the ground.</div><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one rpla-link--subtype-inverse">Read the article</div></div></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="45066" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from Poland</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="poland" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a><p class="rpla-paragraph">Millions of refugees escaping the conflict in Ukraine have entered neighbouring Poland, where the International Rescue Committee and our partners are providing vital safety and support to families across the country. <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="78e94582-786d-4e41-804b-29bb3c97401a" href="/node/9346" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Learn more</a>.</p></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list-- rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/anastasiias-story-life-after-fleeing-ukraine" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Anastasiia’s story: Life after fleeing Ukraine " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/6770/teaser/20220305_poland_fpistilli_medykabordercrossing_3149edited_sized.jpg?itok=yJL56re8" alt="A close up of Anastasiia standing in a field wearing winter clothes " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/6770/teaser/20220305_poland_fpistilli_medykabordercrossing_3149edited_sized.jpg?itok=yJL56re8 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/article/6770/teaser/20220305_poland_fpistilli_medykabordercrossing_3149edited_sized.jpg?itok=tHHuFL8t 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/article/6770/teaser/20220305_poland_fpistilli_medykabordercrossing_3149edited_sized.jpg?itok=UJm3FMmg 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Ukraine crisis </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Anastasiia’s story: Life after fleeing Ukraine </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read her story</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/meet-oleksii-and-roman-interpreters-helping-deaf-ukrainian-refugees" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet Oleksii and Roman: Interpreters helping Deaf Ukrainian refugees" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-10/20220801_Poland_KJ_077-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=tTcMpfq1" alt="Deaf interpreters Oleksii and Roman" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-10/20220801_Poland_KJ_077-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=tTcMpfq1 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-10/20220801_Poland_KJ_077-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=mtqmzd5s 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-10/20220801_Poland_KJ_077-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=lSTfFk1g 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Ukraine Crisis </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet Oleksii and Roman: Interpreters helping Deaf Ukrainian refugees</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/what-its-be-mother-fleeing-ukraine" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="What it’s like to be a mother fleeing Ukraine" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-06/2022.03.22_Poland_AOberstadt_-44-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=u3-3A_uj" alt="Two sisters stand together in a parklng lot. Each sister has her own two kids with her." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-06/2022.03.22_Poland_AOberstadt_-44-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=u3-3A_uj 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-06/2022.03.22_Poland_AOberstadt_-44-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=gP6Mw0lv 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-06/2022.03.22_Poland_AOberstadt_-44-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=0nB8aTjy 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Ukraine crisis </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">What it’s like to be a mother fleeing Ukraine</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/artikel/gefluechtete-ukraine-flucht-erfahrungen" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="In their own words: Refugees flee Ukraine" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-03/iryna.jpg?itok=7wCYpaDQ" alt="TBD" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-03/iryna.jpg?itok=7wCYpaDQ 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-03/iryna.jpg?itok=00DEUjKu 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-03/iryna.jpg?itok=6pYkJL67 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Ukraine crisis </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">In their own words: Refugees flee Ukraine</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__more-wrapper"><div class="rplm-more"><a href="/eu/country/poland" role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-three">Read more about Poland</a></div></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42127" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from Southeast Asia</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="southeastasia" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a><p class="rpla-paragraph">Including stories from Burma, Myanmar, and Thailand.</p></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list--highlighted rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted"><a href="/eu/article/meet-myanmar-doctor-determined-provide-access-healthcare-burmese-displaced-families" class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet a Myanmar doctor determined to provide access to healthcare for Burmese displaced families" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-05/Myanmar%20KMSS%20Health%20unit%20-%20measuring%20paper.PNG?itok=FuwtjkC-" alt="At the clinic of the internally displaced people camp, a health worker uses the mid-upper arm circumference measure (MUAC) to quickly identify if the child is at risk of malnutrition. When measured properly against a bare upper arm, the paper gauge provides a number and indicates the colour range. The green colour here is positive - the child is not showing signs of malnutrition." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-05/Myanmar%20KMSS%20Health%20unit%20-%20measuring%20paper.PNG?itok=C1vUjI2c 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-05/Myanmar%20KMSS%20Health%20unit%20-%20measuring%20paper.PNG?itok=l1l27PmS 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_1280px_wide/public/2023-05/Myanmar%20KMSS%20Health%20unit%20-%20measuring%20paper.PNG?itok=gfqfG7ja 1280w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 976px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__text-wrapper" tabindex="0"><div class="rpla-slug"> Healthcare in Myanmar </div><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--extra-large">Meet a Myanmar doctor determined to provide access to healthcare for Burmese displaced families</h3><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__summary">In Northern Shan State, Myanmar, Dr Aung Ko Myat is a medical team leader working for Karuna Mission Social Solidarity (KMSS), a local pastoral organization supported by the International Rescue Committee (IRC). A local man from Northern State and part of the community he serves, Dr Aung is dedicated to helping others in his community. He works around the clock to provide services to communities who have been cut off from healthcare since the conflict in Myanmar escalated. </div><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one rpla-link--subtype-inverse">Read the article</div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/forced-flee-her-family-burmese-mother-battles-cancer" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Forced to flee with her family, a Burmese mother battles cancer" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-04/DNK.jpg?itok=wBFwzCDP" alt="Myanmar Thailand - Moe Moe - Hero" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-04/DNK.jpg?itok=wBFwzCDP 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-04/DNK.jpg?itok=oOKt-mf4 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-04/DNK.jpg?itok=bHV1JLqq 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Healthcare in emergencies </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Forced to flee with her family, a Burmese mother battles cancer</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/rohingya-mothers-journey-find-peace-her-new-home" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="A Rohingya mother’s journey to find peace in her new home" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-08/20220628%20Bangladesh%20HNowrose%20GBV-6493-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=X2gXIqmA" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-08/20220628%20Bangladesh%20HNowrose%20GBV-6493-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=X2gXIqmA 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-08/20220628%20Bangladesh%20HNowrose%20GBV-6493-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=KRefDbep 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-08/20220628%20Bangladesh%20HNowrose%20GBV-6493-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?itok=IhmUEvIv 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Building resilience </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">A Rohingya mother’s journey to find peace in her new home</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/living-worlds-largest-refugee-camp-mother-who-dreams-returning-home" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Living in the world’s largest refugee camp: a mother who dreams of returning home" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-09/20220626%20Bangladesh%20HNowrose%20health-5430-1200x800-5b2df79.jpeg?itok=o1K-71ih" alt="Tahera sitting with her daughter behind a bright backdrop, smiling at the camera" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-09/20220626%20Bangladesh%20HNowrose%20health-5430-1200x800-5b2df79.jpeg?itok=o1K-71ih 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-09/20220626%20Bangladesh%20HNowrose%20health-5430-1200x800-5b2df79.jpeg?itok=93jHy4Yu 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-09/20220626%20Bangladesh%20HNowrose%20health-5430-1200x800-5b2df79.jpeg?itok=6SBzyPAJ 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Bearing witness </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Living in the world’s largest refugee camp: a mother who dreams of returning home</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/after-fleeing-her-home-woman-myanmar-holds-hope-return" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="After fleeing her home, a woman in Myanmar holds on hope to return" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-02/WPE%20activities%20in%20Northern%20Shan.png?itok=1rdLDmhc" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-02/WPE%20activities%20in%20Northern%20Shan.png?itok=1rdLDmhc 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-02/WPE%20activities%20in%20Northern%20Shan.png?itok=ZfBbRrJH 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-02/WPE%20activities%20in%20Northern%20Shan.png?itok=QO35Olcw 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Women in conflict </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">After fleeing her home, a woman in Myanmar holds on hope to return</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/working-frontline-myanmar-two-health-workers-share-their-stories" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Working on the frontline in Myanmar: two health workers share their stories." data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-04/IMG_7495.JPG?itok=kyPDhs5d" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-04/IMG_7495.JPG?itok=kyPDhs5d 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2020-04/IMG_7495.JPG?itok=W8LXUaw4 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2020-04/IMG_7495.JPG?itok=c2fJj9Dg 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Rescuing lives </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Working on the frontline in Myanmar: two health workers share their stories.</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/rohingya-girls-are-keeping-traditional-make-after-fleeing-myanmar" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Rohingya girls are keeping up traditional make-up after fleeing Myanmar" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-06/20191215_HNowrose_Bangladesh_76_resized.jpg?itok=IOAiMcim" alt="Hasina, applying traditional make-up to her face" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2020-06/20191215_HNowrose_Bangladesh_76_resized.jpg?itok=IOAiMcim 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2020-06/20191215_HNowrose_Bangladesh_76_resized.jpg?itok=771g1SWX 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2020-06/20191215_HNowrose_Bangladesh_76_resized.jpg?itok=9jBiQDTn 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Women and girls </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Rohingya girls are keeping up traditional make-up after fleeing Myanmar</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/photo-story-scenes-ircs-emergency-response-myanmar" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Photo story: scenes from the IRC’s emergency response in Myanmar " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-04/IRC%27s%20Myitkyina-based%20WPE%20team%20members%20shared%20the%20information%20to%20the%20people%20in%20Pa%20Dauk%20Myaing%20%28Pa%20La%20Na%29-II%20camp%20in%20Kachin%20State%20-%201.png?itok=T8pTPIsC" alt="" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-04/IRC%27s%20Myitkyina-based%20WPE%20team%20members%20shared%20the%20information%20to%20the%20people%20in%20Pa%20Dauk%20Myaing%20%28Pa%20La%20Na%29-II%20camp%20in%20Kachin%20State%20-%201.png?itok=T8pTPIsC 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-04/IRC%27s%20Myitkyina-based%20WPE%20team%20members%20shared%20the%20information%20to%20the%20people%20in%20Pa%20Dauk%20Myaing%20%28Pa%20La%20Na%29-II%20camp%20in%20Kachin%20State%20-%201.png?itok=y1x7wJbZ 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-04/IRC%27s%20Myitkyina-based%20WPE%20team%20members%20shared%20the%20information%20to%20the%20people%20in%20Pa%20Dauk%20Myaing%20%28Pa%20La%20Na%29-II%20camp%20in%20Kachin%20State%20-%201.png?itok=xZat9kkL 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Emergency response </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Photo story: scenes from the IRC’s emergency response in Myanmar </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/working-midwife-frontline-rohingya-crisis" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Working as a midwife on the frontline of the Rohingya crisis" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/20190625_mhasan_bangladesh_006.jpg?itok=gTOEuYcG" alt="Kaniz Fatema" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2019-12/20190625_mhasan_bangladesh_006.jpg?itok=gTOEuYcG 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2019-12/20190625_mhasan_bangladesh_006.jpg?itok=BNFYlgAx 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2019-12/20190625_mhasan_bangladesh_006.jpg?itok=7DpfLq9u 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 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3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Ukraine Crisis </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet Oleksii and Roman: Interpreters helping Deaf Ukrainian refugees</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/artikel/gefluechtete-ukraine-flucht-erfahrungen" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="In their own words: Refugees flee Ukraine" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-03/iryna.jpg?itok=7wCYpaDQ" alt="TBD" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2022-03/iryna.jpg?itok=7wCYpaDQ 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2022-03/iryna.jpg?itok=00DEUjKu 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2022-03/iryna.jpg?itok=6pYkJL67 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Ukraine crisis </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">In their own words: Refugees flee Ukraine</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/meet-ukrainian-refugee-ballerina-whose-journey-inspiring-courage-world-refugee-day" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet the Ukrainian refugee ballerina whose journey is inspiring courage this World Refugee Day" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-06/Prima%20ballerinan%20Christine%20Shevchenko.jpg?itok=B1QEbp6p" alt="Ballerinan Christine Shevchenko tränar i sin dansstudio" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2021-06/Prima%20ballerinan%20Christine%20Shevchenko.jpg?itok=B1QEbp6p 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2021-06/Prima%20ballerinan%20Christine%20Shevchenko.jpg?itok=03Li2_XC 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2021-06/Prima%20ballerinan%20Christine%20Shevchenko.jpg?itok=gNKr0JFL 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Refugees are courageous </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet the Ukrainian refugee ballerina whose journey is inspiring courage this World Refugee Day</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/anastasiias-story-life-after-fleeing-ukraine" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Anastasiia’s story: Life after fleeing Ukraine " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/6770/teaser/20220305_poland_fpistilli_medykabordercrossing_3149edited_sized.jpg?itok=yJL56re8" alt="A close up of Anastasiia standing in a field wearing winter clothes " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/article/6770/teaser/20220305_poland_fpistilli_medykabordercrossing_3149edited_sized.jpg?itok=yJL56re8 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/article/6770/teaser/20220305_poland_fpistilli_medykabordercrossing_3149edited_sized.jpg?itok=tHHuFL8t 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/article/6770/teaser/20220305_poland_fpistilli_medykabordercrossing_3149edited_sized.jpg?itok=UJm3FMmg 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Ukraine crisis </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Anastasiia’s story: Life after fleeing Ukraine </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read her story</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__more-wrapper"><div class="rplm-more"><a href="/eu/country/ukraine" role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-three">Read more about the IRC's response to the Ukraine Crisis</a></div></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="45067" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from the UK</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="uk" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list--highlighted rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted"><a href="/eu/article/meet-saghar-afghan-journalist-making-her-fashion-dreams-reality-liverpool" class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet Saghar, the Afghan journalist making her fashion dreams a reality in Liverpool " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=143c75ea&itok=rFIU2JPr" alt="Saghar Khalid " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=143c75ea&itok=st4-se2- 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=143c75ea&itok=RAfE2SFC 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_1280px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=143c75ea&itok=URJxEYXM 1280w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 976px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__text-wrapper" tabindex="0"><div class="rpla-slug"> From Afghanistan to the UK </div><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--extra-large">Meet Saghar, the Afghan journalist making her fashion dreams a reality in Liverpool </h3><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__summary">Journalist Saghar was forced to leave her home in Afghanistan with her husband two years ago. Despite arriving in the UK with limited English skills, Saghar hasn’t let that stand in the way of her dream to become a fashion designer.</div><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one rpla-link--subtype-inverse">Read the article</div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/how-teachers-uk-are-making-school-safe-place-refugee-children-heal" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="How teachers in the UK are making school a safe place for refugee children to heal" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-01/Healing%20Classrooms%20still%2014.jpg?h=7cf2992a&itok=kT23y2X3" alt="illustration of a teacher helping a student" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-01/Healing%20Classrooms%20still%2014.jpg?h=7cf2992a&itok=kT23y2X3 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-01/Healing%20Classrooms%20still%2014.jpg?h=7cf2992a&itok=kADJb52C 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-01/Healing%20Classrooms%20still%2014.jpg?h=7cf2992a&itok=8lDuUWhl 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Healing Classrooms </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">How teachers in the UK are making school a safe place for refugee children to heal</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/four-inspiring-refugees-building-new-lives-uk" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Four inspiring refugees building new lives in the UK" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-12/20230925%20UK%20IKhan%20Graduation%203.jpg?itok=tC0Klrdo" alt="Irshad Khan " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-12/20230925%20UK%20IKhan%20Graduation%203.jpg?itok=tC0Klrdo 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-12/20230925%20UK%20IKhan%20Graduation%203.jpg?itok=KvprJVAb 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-12/20230925%20UK%20IKhan%20Graduation%203.jpg?itok=PPiZi5Cr 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Refugee stories </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Four inspiring refugees building new lives in the UK</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Integration</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__more-wrapper"><div class="rplm-more"><a href="/eu/country/united-kingdom" role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-three">Read more about the UK</a></div></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="42126" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Stories from West Africa</h2></div><div class="rpla-paragraph"><a name="westafrica" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one"></a><p class="rpla-paragraph">Including Cameroon, Mali, Niger and Nigeria.</p></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list-- rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/meet-two-entrepreneur-mothers-nigeria-reclaiming-power-through-their-passion-knitting" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet two entrepreneur mothers from Nigeria reclaiming power through their passion for knitting" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-06/20230503%20Nigeria%20FMohammed%20Malnutrition%2024.jpg?itok=7uqquaF2" alt="In Nigeria, people have endured decades of political instability and economic inequality. As families have lost livelihoods, IRC organises safe spaces where women can develop small businesses and children can play and regain a sense of a normal childhood." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-06/20230503%20Nigeria%20FMohammed%20Malnutrition%2024.jpg?itok=7uqquaF2 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2023-06/20230503%20Nigeria%20FMohammed%20Malnutrition%2024.jpg?itok=zGr7wFlP 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2023-06/20230503%20Nigeria%20FMohammed%20Malnutrition%2024.jpg?itok=UC2i5bD4 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Empowering women </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet two entrepreneur mothers from Nigeria reclaiming power through their passion for knitting</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/eu/article/irc-cameroon-staff-member-determined-give-girls-equal-access-education" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="This IRC Cameroon staff member is determined to give girls equal access to education " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2023-04/20211101%20CAMEROON%20NJOULIAMIMCHE%20ZEDOU%20IRC-4622.jpg?itok=TWUxp7Pw" alt="Oudjila, Cameroon. 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