to be picked up my husband was struck by lightning can you tell me more about how the international rescue committeebout your team press-hold that you lead in particular. how do you help ukrainian immigrants? in fact , the committee was founded more than 89 years ago at the request of the physicist and refugee albert einstein. at first, they helped families fleeing nazi persecution to find asylum in the united states. our work in ukraine is actually cooperation with local partners emergency evacuation assistance especially for women and children we provide vital things for people including blankets food and water as well as medical assistance in addition we also located in neighboring poland, where we help with obtaining asylum, access to information about the needs of refugees on the ground, and also provide temporary shelter and housing and the opportunity to come to some disturbed states and to other neighboring countries. so for people who are looking for the possibility of refugees in the united states as it is you who can help them with resettlement and with asylum families who need help with

more than 4,000 referees have settlen the bay and in the region with the help of the international rescue committee and one man is building a new life with his wife and son with the help of a. >> reporter: today is the day that major dominic chiaverotti has been waiting for. >> it's been a long time. >> reporter: it's the turning of of a new era for chiaverotti and and his interpreter, zia, when they truly bonded as friends. >> he is a little goofy, and he is really sweet and he is -- i don't think of a time when he ws asked to do something and he dit help. >> reporter: zia became a u.s. citizen several years ago but despite help from chiaverotti, his wife remained in afghanistah the withdrawal of the u.s. troops last year while pregnant with their son. >> i am sorry. this connection is really weak. >> reporter: that message was left by zia on august 20, 2021 in the height of mass evacuations while zia and chiaverotti were straight to find zia's wife. >> i told him, i didn't see her, her, anything that she wears, ay colors that i can see her and se can stand out in the crowd? she wore a pink hijab

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continent that about 30000000 people and are given as the deputy regional director for the international rescue committee in west africa. she explained what challenges they face across west africa were really facing a deterioration of the humanitarian situation. with many, many people being affected by this. and in many cases this leading to them having to leave their homes to displace to areas that are safer for them. as the i see, we have a watch list that we publish every year that indicates the 20 countries that were most concerned about of those in that watch list, for example, in this current year, picking a fast so morally and these are all on that list yet again, when we go into the field, our teams are really trying to serve the population who are most affected by the conflicts by climate change and who are having to leave in their homes. that many of them are being affected by the insecurity. that is, that is prevalent across these, these countries. we're also watching to see what's happening with the spillover of the impact of the insecurity in these countries on some of the other neighboring

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refugees have resettled in the bay area and the sacramento region with the help of the international rescue rescue committee. one man is building a new life in san francisco with his wife and son thanks to the help of his frien, his friend, a u.s. marine. lauren toms was there as they reunited over the weekend. >> reporter: today is the day this major has been waiting for. >> i feel a little nervous. >> reporter: it is the turning of a new chapter between the major and his former afghan interpreter, who had his back during a 2012 deploymentey bofr >> he is a . s a really big heart. there was not ever tonica think of where anybody on on our team asked him to do something where he said no or was not willing to do. . our zia zia became a u.s. citizen several years ago. despite help, his wife remained in afghn in afghanistan through the withdrawal of u.s. troops last year while pregnant with their son. >> sorry. i think the internet connection is really weak in afghanistan. >> reporter: that message was left by zia on august 2021 during the height of evacuatione evacuations while the 24 and the the major were d

the international rescue committee warns millions of children could suffer from acute food insecurityar. cnn's larry magoa joins us from southern nigeria. larry, what's the latest from where you are? i mean, we can see the scene. >> reporter: max, that's the reality of life for so many people here, that their life as they know it is under water. we are in the capitol in southern nigeria. an oil rich state yet it's been like this for weeks. the waters have receded. there is no end in site. they are warning that they could see more rainfall until the end of november which means the waters could come much higher. this is a main street in the capitol. some people are only getting by using boats. they used to be able to walk here, drive here. only the brave are willing to drive here. cars over there are underwater. the man across the street has the water all the way down to his waist. some people are living in those homes. you see across the street, buildings completely shut down, the business cannot operate because the water gets all the way to the steps. the ground floor is completely wr

died, nearly 1.5 million have been displaced and the warning from union a self and the international rescue committeether preventable diseases, also a big risk of food insecurity. they are displaced from what they used to know, displaced from their jobs, most of the businesses on this street are closed because that's just the reality. i spoke to one woman where the water is waist high in her house for the last three weeks, she's lost everything. listen to what she told me. >> translator: we have really suffered, she says, tell the government to help us. >> reporter: everything you own is here under the water and this your house? >> yes. everything. >> reporter: what's been fascinating is how people maintain a sort of sense of humor around this, many people told me we manage. they feel that the government has abandoned them, it has not responded adequately. the nigerian government has not declared this a national disaster and many people tell us they feel it's ineffective, the kind of response they've been receiving. look at this moment across the street is a business where the first floor cannot oper

she is the deputy regional director for the international rescue committee in west africa. very good to have you with us ma'am. on, on al jazeera, i know that you go into the field on a regular basis to join your teams. talk me through what you and your teams see when you're dealing and trying to help with refugees. good evening and thank you so much. it's really important that we're here to talk about a subject because as you know, across west africa we're really facing a deterioration of the humanitarian situation. with many, many people being affected by this. and in many cases this leading to them having to leave their homes to displace to areas that are safer for them. as the i see, we have a watch list that we publish every year that indicates the 20 countries that were most concerned about of those in that watch list, for example, in this current year became faso marley and asia on that list. yet again, when we go into the field, our teams are really trying to serve the population who are most affected by the conflicts by climate change and who are having to flee fro