Located in Central Africa and surrounded by Rwanda, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi is recovering from years of civil war. Romola Garai, star of the BBC's hit tv series The Hour, recently visited Burundi with the IRC, to see first hand the positive impact our work is having on women and girls, children and young people. This video is Romola's account of her visit. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Gina, Kristina and Roxanne live in Vallee de Bourdon, an impoverished neighborhood wedged into a steep valley just outside Port-au-Prince.  The many tents and shelters among its sprawl of concrete block homes are constant reminders of the massive earthquake that struck two years ago, turning Haitians’ lives upside down.