Reuniting Syrian Families
Close to half the refugees at Zaatari camp in Jordan are children, and many have crossed the border from Syria without close family members. IRC teams are there to welcome them.
Surviving in Somalia
After more than two decades of civil war, Somalia’s capital is enjoying a sense of relative calm. But Mogadishu is still struggling to recover from the fighting.
Syria Crisis
More than two years and 1.5 million refugees on, Syria's civil war threatens the entire Middle East with a humanitarian disaster. The IRC is providing support to tens of thousands of refugees and displaced Syrians.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities to restore safety, dignity and hope, the IRC leads the way from harm to home.
GET IRC UPDATES
The Latest
Google's video thank-you to the 1 million developers who have used its tools to build innovative maps spotlights an aid map that shows the IRC's work helping Haitians recover from a devastating earthquake.
Young mothers celebrate their graduation from an IRC parenting program last week in northern Uganda. During two decades of war, many young women were separated from their parents or lacked positive parental role models.
For decades, the United States has provided protection to refugees and asylees who face persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. Call the Senate Judiciary Committee today in support of a bill that would improve these protections.
Since 2009, the IRC has trained and equipped nearly 700 volunteers in northern Uganda to provide lifesaving health care to children in remote communities struggling to recover from a decade of civil war. Meet two of these dedicated health workers.
Queue 'Home Multimedia'
Voices for the IRC
Sarah Wayne Callies stars in the AMC television series "The Walking Dead." A long-time supporter of the IRC, she says she is impressed by the bravery, dedication and generosity of those she's met on her visits to IRC programs in Thailand, Jordan, Iraq and the United States.
IRC in the Press
May 7, 2013 | BBC News
April 29, 2013 | The Guardian
April 29, 2013 | Foreign Policy
In Focus
David Miliband named next International Rescue Committee President"The IRC’s mission is personal for me because my own parents were refugees."
