The IRC in Colombia

In early 2007 the International Rescue Committee re-launched emergency relief programs in Colombia. The IRC previously ran programs there from 1999 to 2003. The IRC works in Nariño, a poor province bordering Ecuador with a large indigenous and Afro-Colombian population. The province has been hit by severe violence, suffers significant displacement and receives little international assistance in the area of emergency education for out of school displaced children. The IRC currently provides emergency education and psychosocial assistance to displaced children, ensuring a protective environment, access to school facilities (including nutrition and water and sanitation), educational materials, tailored emergency education curriculum, and recreational activities.