The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Today, more than 62 million people are displaced around the world—the largest number ever recorded. Their growing and complex needs mandate a transformation in better aid delivery. The IRC has taken on this challenge, providing health, water and sanitation, education, economic assistance, and special services that protect children and women in more than 40 countries and resettling refugees in 28 cities across the United States.