The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, the IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure.

Every year more than 170,000 children are born with cleft lip or palate. Most can't afford surgery. Just $250 can provide cleft surgery for one child.