What “home” means to a refugee like me

International Rescue Committee

Lebanon --> "We need help now more than ever"

I want to be sure you don’t miss this news - an important update on refugee resettlement in the U.S.

[LEBANON] Families need immediate support

[Lebanon Emergency Update] ← making sure you saw this

🚨Lebanon Emergency Update🚨

Polio has returned to Gaza after 𝟐𝟓 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.⚠️

💛Grandparents’ Day💛 A grandfather from Ukraine risked everything to protect his grandkids

I’d like to share some inspiring photos with you, to show you the direct impact of your compassion and support.

Gaza: We’re trucking in water as an emergency measure

FWD: 🚨Gaza intense summer heat🚨

🚨Gaza intense summer heat🚨

Thanks for being a part of our strong community of humanitarians. I thought you might want to read this today -

Hope and Resilience: (Ukraine) A solution for beloved pets to stay with their families 💛

[ADD YOUR NAME] 222,000 children could die of malnutrition in Sudan in the coming months.

🧶Crocheting can help against malnutrition ➡️

🏅“I’m not just swimming for myself, but for all the people who are suffering”🏅

BREAKING: Famine conditions detected in Sudan’s Darfur region

People like you are chipping in to help provide critical aid for children & families.

Urgent update about the IRC’s work in Sudan >>

“I just wanted my children to live”

Celebrating you

URGENT: Children are fighting for their lives.

URGENT: Children are fighting for their lives.

Parents are struggling to keep their children safe and healthy, amidst unimaginable hardships.

❗No child should have to endure this❗

❗No child should have to endure this❗

[URGENT/UKRAINE] Attack on children's hospital in Kyiv

Your exclusive photo gallery >>

💌Your messages moved us.💌

Impact update + sharing a few photos: Your dedication ensures our work in places like Gaza continues

QUIZ + discover the reality behind the numbers 💛

🏳️‍🌈 “Pride is empowerment” 🏳️‍🌈

[GUIDE] What “famine” means + how your support makes a difference

[ADD YOUR NAME: CEASEFIRE] We’re calling for the halt of the Rafah offensive and an end to the suffering in Gaza

[RAFAH, GAZA] The situation is worsening hour-by-hour

Gaza: We are working around the clock with partners to save lives

Mothers shouldn’t have to endure this…

My thoughts are with women and mothers in Gaza

💛From mom to child💛 Sharing some special recipes from refugees that were passed down through generations

[13 May] Kharkiv, Ukraine: IRC Aids Evacuation Efforts as People Escape Vovchansk

[GAZA] It is unconscionable

All eyes on Rafah

Sharing this Gaza Response Report with you >>

Did you see this personal letter from Mandy Patinkin about Gaza?

🌎 Around the world in ONE day. See YOUR gift in action.

As an actor and an IRC Ambassador, I’m taking a minute to personally write to you today with sadness and anger.

This is your impact →

a special thanks ☪️

[ADD YOUR NAME] The suffering in Gaza must come to an end immediately.

this gives me hope

I have an important update for you.

“Thank you for not forgetting us” → How your support powers medical care in Gaza

I wanted you to be the first to know: 3X match now live >

Your Ramadan gift can still be doubled

Children in Gaza need food. Archivoh, please help.

I wanted to share with you some resources and recent articles, to help show the impact you are making firsthand in Gaza.

Archivoh, famine is imminent in Gaza. This is a profound failure of humanity.

FAMINE in Gaza is imminent

FWD Children in Gaza need food. Archivoh, you can help.

Children in Gaza need food. Archivoh, you can help.

RE: my email on Tuesday - can you please take action today and/or share?

[CEASEFIRE: ACT NOW] Urge your congress members to call for a ceasefire and end to siege now

[☪️ Ramadan match] I wanted you to be among the first to know, Archivoh >>

GAZA UPDATE: Women & girls in Gaza need our support now more than ever. [INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY]

Gaza: Children have been injured, orphaned, and traumatized -- and now, they are reportedly dying of starvation.

FWD: ⚠️URGENT: Starvation in Gaza⚠️

⚠️URGENT: Starvation in Gaza⚠️

[Gaza, Ukraine, Afghanistan] Make your emergency contribution today

Did you see David’s email?

I’m sending a personal email today, two years on…

Can you send a quick note of thanks to humanitarian workers today?

HURRY: There’s still time to help children and families survive this winter, Archivoh.

⚠️🌡️ freezing cold and winter storms

A special 🍓 Valentine’s Day treat 🍓 for you >

For Aysha, it’s felt like the earth hasn’t stopped shaking.

Fwd: My firsthand account from Al Aqsa Hospital in Gaza - Dr. Seema Jilani

Sharing this NPR story with you: IRC pediatrician details the struggles of working in a Gaza hospital

▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||။‌‌‌‌‌၊|• 1:30 VOICE MEMO FROM GAZA: My first-hand account from Al Aqsa hospital

These stories make me hopeful, and I wanted to share them with you

Archivoh, January is one of the coldest months in Ukraine.

Archivoh, January is one of the coldest months in Ukraine.

WINTER ALERT: As the worst of winter takes hold (bitter cold… fierce winds… snow), Ukraine is again facing an intensified wave of missile strikes.

📝 I wanted to be sure you got a copy of this new report.

checking in for a last time

Please, Archivoh.

a quick note from my phone, before midnight:

IRC 3x Match @ Sun. Dec. 31, 2023 for (irc-62a74cf47c758@e.archivoh.com)

(FWD:) Following up while you can still make 3x the impact for refugees, Archivoh.

If you’ve been waiting, right now is the time

LAST CHANCE: Only 1 day left – Claim Your 3x Match to Make the Largest Impact for Refugees, Archivoh.

the kind of cold that can numb your fingers and make your body shake

For one refugee, this is a taste of home 🥟

I know what it’s like to treat refugees in Ukraine. Please help our efforts and 3x your impact.

“Home” means something different for refugees like me, Archivoh.

[Ukraine Update] Archivoh, can you imagine not being able to heat your home this winter?

If you’ve been waiting, now is the time

⚠️ Plunging temperatures and heavy rain threaten Gaza’s families ⚠️

Deciding to leave Afghanistan was hard

Archivoh: did you see this?

What our clients have to say about Archivoh's impact

📝A note from my desk: Please don’t wait to make your matched gift >>

▶️ WATCH: Your year-in-review »

📷🎅: Kids in Santa hats inside + a note to say thank you, Archivoh

🎁💛 Give hope and warmth for the holidays, Archivoh.

MATCH DEADLINE: Don’t wait to make 3x the impact for refugees this winter >>

MATCH DEADLINE: Don’t wait to make 3x the impact for refugees this winter >>

Please don’t ignore this plea for aid, Archivoh. (FWD:)

[MATCH ACTIVE NOW] Help Ukrainians and other refugees like me during this holiday – and freezing cold winter – season

⚡ FLASH MATCH: Help us deliver 3X the blankets, heaters & other aid to families this winter.

A recipe from home: My favorite Ukrainian holiday dish

Archivoh, add your name to show support for displaced people around the world.

URGENT: Deploying life-saving medical aid to Gaza. Your gift is DOUBLED today. Archivoh.

📺 The IRC on PBS: Watch now to see why your support is so critical >>

Archivoh, humanitarian aid for families across the globe is at risk

🚑 Deploying medical aid to Gaza: Your gift is needed, Archivoh.

💙💛 Your impact: Meet Oksana, Evelina and Nataliya

checking in for a last time

[3X Match Active] I'm a refugee from Afghanistan and I'm asking you to support the IRC.

Archivoh, I'm personally asking you

I hope you’ll read this

What “home” means to a refugee like me

I’m a doctor with the IRC in Ukraine. I’m personally asking you to triple your impact today.

💛💙 Ukraine still has my heart. 💛💙

^ quick bump ^ FWD: Archivoh, I cannot overstate the urgency of this moment and the impact that your support can have for the people we serve.

Archivoh, I cannot overstate the urgency of this moment and the impact that your support can have for the people we serve.

🔴 [RED CRISIS ALERT] Give now to send 2X aid >>

Archivoh, there are just HOURS left to claim your special early match offer.

Your gift, doubled today, can help refugees like me. – شیرزاد سرباز

Your impact: Nataliia's story [Ukraine]

Archivoh, I wanted you to be the first to see this ✨

[Gaza update] 3 things you need to know, Archivoh

Help welcome a refugee this Thanksgiving >> 🦃

We’re ramping up our response in Gaza.

A simple pledge that says so much — add your name:

Your support at work: moving families from crisis to safety

We hope you can take a few minutes to read these updates, about families living in conflict.

Your support is a beacon of hope for Valentyna and many others in rural Ukraine.

Archivoh, making sure you didn’t miss this news from last week

Archivoh, I’m personally asking you to help us meet this critical deadline.

DEADLINE: Time is running out to make the largest impact possible for children in conflict zones >>

Archivoh, will you help children in crisis zones?

IRC’s President just returned from Ukraine. What he said deeply moved me, Archivoh.

[MIDNIGHT DEADLINE] Children and families in conflict zones like Ukraine still need your help.

[Ukraine Update] “We live without planning tomorrow.”

Libya: “The loss is great. The grief is big.”

5:35 PM EST Libya Response Update: 🩺🚑🩹

[Libya Flooding] It’s a race against the clock to provide lifesaving emergency support.

⚠️ Devastating floods have hit Libya. We’re assessing needs right now.

💛 Archivoh, you help make these smiles happen 📷

💛 Archivoh, we’ve got something to share with you!

[3X MATCH ACTIVE] ❗ Climate change is not a problem for future generations to solve. The time is now.

🔵 Live from Ukraine: Time is running out to triple your impact for women and children

[Ukraine Breaking News] “When you live under constant shelling, you don't feel anything anymore.”

Do you support refugee families reeling from climate change this summer?

Archivoh, our Afghan neighbors still need our help two years on

There's hot... and then there's 🔥 deadly hot 🔥

Some Friday inspiration ⤵️ World Cup soccer players with refugee backgrounds

Archivoh, you’re invited: help us celebrate our 90th birthday 🥳

POV: you're the only female emergency driver in Kenya's largest refugee camp

needed you to see this ASAP

Did you see this note from Sally?

"Sometimes we go without food for days"

⚠️Archivoh, the consequences of untreated child malnutrition are serious – often deadly.

I’m sure you have children in your life who mean the world to you, too.

"The babies sometimes sleep hungry"

Before it’s too late: your support is urgently needed

[MATCH CHALLENGE] Half of Somalia’s children are facing acute malnutrition. Your urgent support is needed.

One small packet of nutrients. 🥜 A world of impact.

Your support is helping us fight child malnutrition

What’s your ✨nostalgia food✨?

🌈 Stories of strength, courage — and Pride

Because you’re one of our most committed supporters ❗ Flash Match for World Refugee Day ❗

Archivoh, I’m asking compassionate humanitarians like you

[Ukraine Update] “All this news, it’s such horror. I can’t watch it without tears…”

“One day we have food to eat. The next day … we don’t”

From Ukraine to Kansas 💙💛 ✈️ ❤️🤍💙

❗ Climate change is not a problem for future generations to solve. We have to face it now.

Archivoh, tell us what's on your mind

JOIN NOW: Online conversation with IRC is happening TODAY!

An exclusive invitation from the IRC

URGENT: An update from the U.S.-Mexico Border >> Help asylum seekers affected by Biden's new policy

💌 Send a message of love and support to mothers in Ukraine 💌

UKRAINE UPDATE: "They were excited they were not forgotten"

Archivoh, we need your help to tell the Biden administration to uphold their commitments for asylum seekers.

🥟 Need something tasty for lunch?

3 more updates you need to know – FW: Archivoh's personalized Sudan briefing

Archivoh's personalized Sudan briefing

[3X MATCH] "Droughts are not new to me but to my experience, this is the worst I have ever seen."

FWD: [FAMINE WATCH] "This Ramadan makes me sad, but I hope that help will come"

[FAMINE WATCH] "This Ramadan makes me sad, but I hope that help will come"

FAMINE WATCH: We're sounding the alarm, Archivoh. Millions of lives are at risk across East Africa.

Smarter than Einstein?

We're sounding the alarm, Archivoh. Millions of lives are at risk across East Africa.

📺 You should add this new Netflix series to your watchlist, Archivoh

BREAKING: Somalia is on the brink of famine

BREAKING: Flooding in Syria has damaged shelters housing earthquake survivors. Help send aid and 2X your impact.

[Türkiye/Syria Update] 3 things you need to know

[2X MATCH] 🌙 Ramadan Mubarak, Archivoh!

Ramadan Kareem, Archivoh.

In Syria, it's a crisis within a crisis

The Biden administration just proposed their biggest attack against asylum seekers to date

💌 Archivoh, share a note of hope with families in Syria and Türkiye

Women won't wait.

📷 Pictures attached: See a Ukrainian family's journey to life in the U.S.

What I wish for as a Ukrainian refugee

Writing to you from Ukraine – I had to update you right away, Archivoh.

[2X Match Active]: One year on, Ukraine's families need your help.

Ukraine: "Everything has changed"

LIVE TÜRKIYE UPDATE: I'm on the ground near the Türkiye-Syria border, Archivoh, to bring you an update with our response.

BREAKING: A second powerful earthquake just struck Türkiye.

[Syria-Türkiye Earthquake] "Everything was collapsing around me."

[Earthquake Update] what I'm seeing in Türkiye is cataclysmic.

🚨 Syria-Türkiye: We're here to stay, Archivoh.

🚨Syria/Türkiye Earthquakes: It will take years to recover.

02/08/2023 Earthquake Update: What my colleagues in Syria and Türkiye are seeing is unfathomable.

⚠️TURKEY-SYRIA EARTHQUAKE⚠️ This is a massive emergency, Archivoh, and we need your help.

[Turkey-Syria Earthquake update] 3 things you need to know, Archivoh.

URGENT: With two back-to-back earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, IRC is on the ground NOW

💌 Archivoh, we just got the best mail from Ukraine so I scanned it for you to see right away.

It's not too late to weigh in

Need a warm recipe for the week ahead? We've got you covered.

We have a quick favor to ask you, Archivoh.

[Syria Update] "It is freezing cold and we need urgent assistance."

In Ukraine, the nights are the hardest.

[Ukraine Update] "Shelling in Ukraine continues amidst winter and we need to do more"

🌎 Archivoh: Can you guess which countries appear in the top 10 on this year's Emergency Watchlist? The list and ranking might surprise you…

My last note to you this year

⚠️📅 MIDNIGHT DEADLINE: Only hours left to TRIPLE your impact for refugees.

🚨3X-Match Expiring: Urgent support needed from supporters like you

[3X MATCH] As the son of refugees, this is personal to me.

heading out soon?

This moved me to tears, Archivoh FW: I'm thinking about my mom in Ukraine

I'm thinking about my mom in Ukraine

personally asking

NYE Invitation: IRC 3X Match @ Sat. Dec. 31, 2021 (irc-62a74cf47c758@e.archivoh.com)

Needed you to see this ASAP

following up - FW: Archivoh, I just refreshed the numbers, and we're still coming up short. Can you help us close the gap?

Archivoh, I just refreshed the numbers, and we're still coming up short. Can you help us close the gap?

FW: [Ukraine Update] Archivoh, can you imagine not being able to heat your home?

[Ukraine Update] Archivoh, can you imagine not being able to heat your home?

⚠️ Freezing temperatures in Ukraine are threatening families ⚠️

I'm disheartened by the most recent news from Afghanistan

Archivoh, I'm grateful to have you by our side.

Making sure you saw this — FW: 📎 UKRAINE UPDATE: What I saw is heartbreaking and makes me worried for what's to come.

📎 UKRAINE UPDATE: What I saw is heartbreaking and makes me worried for what's to come.

There's a 2X match and we need your help right now

Personally asking you

💛 From the bottom of our hearts...

Help Ukrainians and other refugees like me this holiday season

A special holiday greeting from Ukrainian children 💙💛

🚨2X-Match Extended: Urgent support needed from supporters like you

⚠️ Freezing temperatures in Ukraine are threatening displaced families ⚠️

RE: ⚡ FLASH MATCH: Refugees in Ukraine and across the world need your help this winter.

A bone-chilling winter in Ukraine

⚡ FLASH MATCH: Help us DOUBLE our deliveries of blankets, heaters & aid to families this winter

❄️ How the IRC is preparing for winter:

Archivoh, Natalie Portman has an important message for you.

FW: 🔴Archivoh, I don't get the chance to write to you often, but I wanted to reach out about a special opportunity to maximize your impact.

🔴 Archivoh, I don't get the chance to write to you often, but I wanted to reach out about a special opportunity to maximize your impact.

this is the moment

It's 8:45pm in New York, and we only need 350 more donors to meet our final match goal by midnight. Archivoh, can you please help us close the gap?

Personally reaching out to you one last time.

help us close the gap?

Hey, Archivoh, our Supporter Care team asked me to forward you this email ASAP. A Giving Tuesday 3X MATCH just kicked off. We wanted you to be the first to know.

[3X Match Active:] I'm a refugee from Afghanistan and I'm asking you to support the IRC

🔓 3X match UNLOCKED! FW: [Ukraine update] No heat, no shelter, no electricity — please help

[Ukraine update] No heat, no shelter, no electricity — please help

bumping this — FW: (Archivoh, I cannot overstate the urgency of this moment and the impact that your support can have for the people we serve.)

Archivoh, I cannot overstate the urgency of this moment and the impact that your support can have for the people we serve.

When times are tough, the IRC gives me hope.

Archivoh, what does the IRC mean to you?

Archivoh, do you believe that everyone deserves safety, opportunity, and dignity?

[Afghanistan Update] "We are just looking to God's mercy"

📷💙💛 Your support at work in Ukraine

Archivoh, I'm grateful to have you by our side.

Yum... Vegan Mahshi, anyone?

Archivoh, do you know just how big the flooding in Pakistan was? The answer might surprise you...

[UKRAINE UPDATE] Millions of people could be left with no way to heat their homes as temperatures plunge below freezing.

Drought is threatening one million Afghan children

⚠️ Hunger escalating in Yemen and crisis zones worldwide

Spike in cholera cases spells a new crisis in Syria

SYRIA UPDATE: Dangerously cold temperatures threaten families.

📎 UKRAINE UPDATE: Families need help as winter approaches.

My journey out of Afghanistan

URGENT: Temperatures in Ukraine could drop to -5°F this winter. Help now:

Archivoh, you can help welcome asylum-seekers, it only takes a minute:

UPDATE: How the IRC is reaching people displaced by Pakistan's floods

💡 Quick poll: what do you most want to hear about, Archivoh?

10/11/22 Ukraine update: Harsh winter conditions ahead. Learn more:

[BREAKING] President Biden announces the U.S. is set to welcome 125k refugees

This moment matters so much, Archivoh

Archivoh, there are just a few days left to triple your impact!

🥟Are you hungry, Archivoh? Jumpstart your Tuesday with this exclusive street food recipe »

[🔴 Action Needed] Afghan evacuees need you to contact Congress

a quick (but meaningful) request:

These three besties will change the world someday 💪

FLOOD UPDATE: I'm here in Pakistan and families desperately need your help.

Pakistan update: One third of Pakistan is under water, Archivoh.

⚠️ Devastating floods have hit Pakistan. We're on the ground now.

6 long months in Ukraine

[3X MATCH] We're not abandoning Afghanistan's people. Join us and triple your impact.

One year ago, Afghanistan fell into chaos. Triple your impact for Afghans today.

[BREAKING] Congress just introduced a bipartisan bill Afghan evacuees need

[Afghanistan] Archivoh, look at what we accomplished together this past year

Need a new recipe this week? As a special way to say thank you, I wanted to share this very special story and recipe with you: Chef Noori’s potato skins.

Archivoh, this is a critical request. The heat in Afghanistan continues to rise - well into the 100's last I checked - and so does the risk to children, especially the millions who are facing malnutrition.

⚠️ Scorching heat in Afghanistan is threatening children's lives

I'm worried about these children, Archivoh

⚠️ Emergency: 1 Million Afghan Children Face Severe Malnutrition

FW: [3X MATCH] Archivoh, the situation for Afghan children is dire.

My heart aches for these Afghan children, Archivoh

[3X MATCH] Archivoh, the situation for Afghan children is dire.

Here's what we're doing, together

URGENT: "A Million Afghan Children Could Die..."

A special recipe for you, Archivoh: Afghan Bolani 🍳

Smarter than Einstein?

What “home” means to a refugee like me

Nov 28, 2023