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Yasmin: Refugee. Community Volunteer. Refugee Advocate.
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 volunteer for the International Rescue Committee, she goes door-to-door to raise awareness about protection from the coronavirus. “Rohingya people help others as much as possible,” she says. Learn more about the essential contributions of refugees like Yasmin—during COVID-19 and beyond.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Salamati Rohi Project: Holistic Wellness for Afghans
The Salamati Rohi (روح سالمتی) Program promotes holistic wellness through mental health and psychosocial support to Afghans who have been forcibly displaced from Afghanistan and are currently experiencing the challenges of resettlement.
- Announcement
- February 1, 2023
The IRC responds to U.S. District Court ruling in Hawaii
- Press Release
- June 27, 2022
Other ways to get involved in Phoenix
There are many ways to get involved in the IRC's work in Phoenix.
- Announcement
- March 12, 2024
A woman's fight against her grandson’s malnutrition in Nigeria
When violence displaced Amina Umaru Toko, 53, to Gwoza, Nigeria, she found herself suddenly caring for her critically ill grandchild.
- Article
- December 3, 2024
Intern spotlight: Setting up homes for refugees
Lauren Lehman speaks about her experience volunteering with the IRC as a logistics intern this summer, and about the great responsibility and privilege she feels in setting up apartments for newly arriving refugees and ensuring that they feel safe and welcome in their new homes.
- Announcement
- July 23, 2019
IRC builds a virtual reality introduction to school
The International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City’s education team partnered with Milad Mozari, an assistant professor at the University of Utah’s College of Architecture & Planning, to collaborate on a virtual reality project for refugee and new American youth attending school in the United States.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
Has a refugee ever won an Oscar?
Learn more about the life of Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan, as well as past Oscar nominees and winners who were forcibly displaced.
- Article
- April 4, 2024
Building safer communities with the Rape Recovery Center
The IRC in Salt Lake City partnered with the Rape Recovery Center to increase education opportunities focused on sexual violence prevention education, focusing on engaging groups of men and boys to access vital resources and engage in group discussion.
- Announcement
- October 28, 2022
Celebrating Oral Histories and Reanimating Food Memories at New Roots
The IRC in NY New Roots is proud to be honored by the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) at the BRONX FOODWAYS ORAL HISTORIES PROJECT. The NRCF is a safe space for many community members to restore their agency through food memories and collective gardening. Putting our hands in the soil is a profoundly healing process and can help to address some of the generational trauma that many of us have or are experiencing in our lives.
- Announcement
- April 11, 2023