Every day, refugees fight to overcome the odds in the world’s toughest places. This moment is no different. And through it, we're seeing refugees go above and beyond to help each other–and the world–overcome it together.

These refugees take their past and turn it into ways to give back. They take their essential stories and turn them into essential action to help others.

So for World Refugee Day 2020, as those tough places become more critical, let's celebrate the refugees who are drawing from their own unwavering hope in humanity to create hope for all.

International Rescue Committee. Refugees are Essential.

Jean Marie Ishimwe is a twenty-three-year-old youth advocate in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also a refugee from Rwanda. Today, he is using his coordination and mot...

And then, IRC teams around the world shared even more stories using our conceptual framework.

Rania Abou is a nineteen-year-old refugee from Syria living in Roselle, New Jersey. An artist who dreams of becoming an engineer, she is currently working fo...

Twenty-four-year-old Doha Ibrahim Ammouri, a refugee from Syria, lives in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan with her husband and children. She volunteers as a rec...

Twenty-one-year-old Yasmin Ara is a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar living in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, the world's largest refugee camp. As a community volun...

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During the beginning of the global pandemic, we partnered with the IRC to rush out a PSA urging the world to help refugees.

CD: Christine Gratton

AD: Sarah Fisher

Production: IRC