it's very closed off we have the international rescue committee about four hundred staff and volunteers working in rakhine state we've been running programs there in health in women's protection in livelihoods for a number of years now we reached one hundred thirty thousand people across the province last year alone but our teams today are stuck in their houses or stuck in their offices their own able to move we haven't been able to get access out we're ready to scale up our response we have teams and supplies positioned and ready to go but we have to be able to get in to access people to verify their needs to understand what the priorities are and to be able to deliver services that they acutely need yeah this is a story you know that a lot of our viewers are interested in the fate of the writing a muslim is something that people on this show often talk about and want to know what the united nations can do what the united nations should be doing as far as your concerned what do you see as the priorities now for for the people in myanmar in rakhine state but also for those who fled to b

this is a letter that he wrote in 1962 to the international rescue committee where he is trying to get help for his wife to try to come to the united states. his wife was russian born. we have the papers of reformers and non-politicians. this is booker t. washington's papers. we have the papers of people like susan b. anthony, margaret sanger, and frederick douglass. again it is not just politicians per se, but also people involved in the reform activities at the library. we also have the papers of many novelists, authors. walt whitman eating most prominent. -- being most prominent. women's papers just recently went online. this, as you might see, is a very famous picture of whitman on the right that circulated in the 19th century because he was very much interested in nature. he wrote about it quite a bit. here he was saying, look, i am so good at nature that butterflies land on my finger. well, that was a cardboard butterfly that he had. we have that in the collection too. in addition to whitman, we have papers of such notable authors as philip roth, ralph ellison, and vladimir nabok

in camps and urban areas providing education and programming to refugee children the international rescue committee for example is working with sesame street to develop early childhood programs for syrian refugees and as scott mentioned there has been good news this past year and roman has risen thanks to investments made in education for syrian refugees and for kids who arrive in europe education is compulsory of course it takes support from governments and individuals to help them reach their goals so think about helping out if you've had experience working with an organization that's working with refugee children to get in touch with us share your story we're always happy to spotlight organizations that are doing good work around the world you can tweet me directly i'm at endor chapelle or disease that has tagged a.j. news grid and will see it center and little bit of trivia craig you saw in that report used to work here at al-jazeera he was a program editor with us it's great to see him doing it with the united nations now just a few of your comments coming through just before we hit the brake

he has been involved in refugee work since 1980, became a caseworker for the international rescue committee and later worked at catholic charities in washington. prior to joining, he was with georgetown university and has been here since 1987 and currently heads the resettlement unit in washington. joe cassidy is here this morning, global fellow and former fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars where he explored potential reforms for international humanitarian assistance including us refugee resettlement program. he was a state department diplomat and served in the middle east, europe, africa and south america, and worked on the national security council, staff and organization in security and cooperation in europe. also who will be moderating the panel is heritage foundation, senior policy analyst for africa in the middle east, he served as a peace corps volunteer and worked for george will services, refugee settlement operation based out of nairobi. he has worked as u.s. army special operations command and the atlantic council's africa center before he joined the h

became a case worker for the international rescue committee and later worked with the catholic charities of washington. prior to joining unacr, he was with georgetown university, and he has been with unacr since 1987, and he currently has its resettlement unit here in washington. bill cassidy is also a speaker here. he's a global fellow and former fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars where he explored potential reforms for international humanitarian systems including the u.s. refugee resettlement program. he was previously a state department diplomat and served in the middle east, europe, africa, and south america. and he's also worked on the national security council staff and with the organization of security and cooperation in europe. also, who will be moderating the panel is josh, the senior policy analyst for africa and the middle east. he served as a peace corps volunteer. then he worked for church will services, refugee settlement operation based out of nairobi. he's worked as a u.s. army special operations command and also at the atlantic council, the at

rescue committee and charities for washington and. and bay currently has resettled the units and fill cassidy is here this morning for the international center for scholars for the international humanitarian systems. and then to serve in the middle east. and those of the of and with a senior policy after - - realist for africa and as a peace corps volunteer then worked for the refugees with the of mantic council center refer you to join their heritage renovation. before i turned it over just a couple of points. all panelist will be available but the heritage foundation has done a lot of research entitled of admissions salute to know -- so to have that it is of available outside with the refugee program and have done a lot of research. and now we will turn it over >> and although i am happy with add authorization process we would certainly take those and first of all, and for those reports that they issued so first of all, i fake it was really well done and comprehensive end to agree with every single report and certainly the need of how they can be improved. and then to see how with needs to be adjusted and then as well as to serve fo