These African asylum seekers are grateful, but still face challenges in Israel.

“I am able to cover my family’s basic needs and share my produce with my close ones, just like the old times in Sudan.”

With funds from Jewish World Watch, HIAS Chad has begun implementing a highly innovative and cost-effective initiative to help refugees grow food year-around.

Chad is currently home to nearly half a million refugees and asylum seekers. Many have lived as refugees for over a decade, and it is uncertain when or if they will ever be able to return home. As funds continue to be stretched thin in 2016, the World Food Program was forced to scale back its food assistance to refugees there.

Winnie Gacheru, director of psychosocial programs at HIAS Kenya, describes working with some of the world's most vulnerable refugees in this short video.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees is urging the West to do more to alleviate the largest refugee crisis since World War II. HIAS agrees. These are extraordinary times, and the West needs an extraordinary response.

I know we haven’t met, but I hope you’ll join me in a campaign to change the world.

As the quickly approaching rainy season promises devastating flooding, HIAS is on the ground at Goz Amir Camp in southeastern Chad aiding Sudanese refugees relocating from camps on the Sudan–Chad–Central African Republic border.