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Four reasons to give to the IRC

By choosing the International Rescue Committee (IRC) for your holiday giving, you can give families a sense of home—no matter where they are.  Donate today to help us reunite families who have been torn apart and support parents who have endured war and persecution to build a new life for their children.

Here are four key reasons to give to the IRC.

1. We go where we are needed

The IRC works in more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.

The International Rescue Committee provides aid in which of these places?
  • Yemen
  • Syria
  • The U.S.-Mexico border
  • All of the above

We go where we are needed, regardless of public attention, including the U.S.-Mexico border, Syria and Yemen.

As a leading resettlement agency that also helps refugees worldwide, we go beyond aid as usual. We listen to refugee families and respond with solutions that empower them to rescue their dignity, hope and potential.

Support our work

Help us give families a sense of home this holiday season — no matter where they are. Donate today.

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Of every $1 the IRC spends, 87¢ goes to programs and services that directly benefit people affected by crisis. We've earned top marks from:

2. Our programs are impactful.

IRC teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people—here are highlights of our impact. In 2018, the IRC and our partners provided:

1.6 million

children around the world with schooling and education opportunities.

Back to school after ISIS: Meet Sabah, a 10 year old in Iraq who refuses to give up on her education.

Read her story
853,000

patients in Syria with primary, reproductive and trauma care in clinics and through our mobile medical teams.

This Syrian paramedic in Eastern Ghouta risks shelling and airstrikes to save countless lives.

Read his story
7,000+

asylum seekers, refugees and SIVs in the U.S. with assistance, helping families resettle and reunite with loved ones.

Valentina escaped danger in El Salvador by resettling to the United States. She tells her powerful story so others like her might have a chance at safety and freedom.

Meet Valentina

3. We've been responding to crisis for 85 years.

Watch this snapshot of the IRC's history to learn about a few of our responses to major crises around the world—and find out how that legacy continues today.

4. We help people gain control of their future.

Meet just a few of the people around the world whose lives have been touched by the IRC’s programs.

Valentina, a young woman from El Salvador who was resettled by the IRC, poses with her schoolwork

‘In El Salvador, you don’t know if you’ll make it home alive at the end of the day’

Valentina tells her story so others like her might have a chance at safety and freedom.

Najmo Omar Hassan poses with her youngest child, Zuhur.

Portraits of courageous Somali mothers fighting to survive hunger

Meet brave mothers determined to give their families a chance for a better future.

Cibel is a mother from Venezuela who walked seven days to Colombia to support her family.

‘Someone looking out for me’: a Venezuelan mother’s story

Cibel walked for seven days to Colombia to find food and earn money for her children.

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