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CELEBRATING COURAGEOUS SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS Our many generous supporters and partners make the work we do around the world possible. It is because of them that we were able to help so many refugees to survive, recover and rebuild their lives in 2020. MIKE SCHROEPFER AND ERIN HOFFMANN PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND EMPOWERING REFUGEES IN THE TOUGHEST PLACES ON EARTH Over the last five years, Mike Schroepfer and Erin Hoffmann have been dedicated partners of the IRC. Moved by the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015, they made a $1 million gift
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to support the IRC’s emergency response in the Middle East and Europe. Inspired by the impact of that gift, Mike and Erin next made a three-year multimillion dollar commitment to sustain the largest health clinic in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. The IRC is one of the largest providers of health care for Syrian refugees in Jordan, offering services free of charge. In 2020, they stepped up once again with a three-year multimillion dollar unrestricted commitment, which allows the IRC flexibility to deploy resources as needed to crisisaffected people around the world. We are deeply grateful for their solidarity and generosity. ANYA AND ALBERT SALAMA STANDING AS A BEACON OF HOPE FOR REFUGEES AND FUTURE GENERATIONS Anya and Albert Salama are committed supporters of the IRC and we are honored to have them as members of our community. In 2020, they joined Partners for Freedom, a group of IRC supporters who courageously offer a legacy of hope for future generations. By including the IRC in their wills, they will help refugees years from now to rebuild their lives. OPPOSITE PAGE: Sarra Ghazzi, the
“I’m most inspired by my mother’s experience as a refugee from Russia during WWII....
IRC’s Jordan country program director, speaks with a nurse at the IRC’s clinic in Za’atari camp.
The IRC was there for people like my mother in the 1940s. They are there for people in
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Syria now, and they will be there for others in the future,” says Anya.
