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90 Years of the IRC's Partnerships: Making a difference together
Find out how the IRC and our partners collaborate to deliver humanitarian assistance where it's needed most.
- Article
- August 18, 2023
How the Emergency Rescue Committee became the International Rescue Committee and where we are today
Netflix’s Transatlantic tells the story of how Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee helped thousands of refugees flee France during World War II. Read how the organization became the International Rescue Committee and how we’ve continued to support people facing conflict and crisis for the past 90 years. Through the years 1933 Varian Fry at his office in Marseilles in the spring of 1941.
- About the IRC
Are we there yet? Progress and challenges in ensuring life-saving services and reducing risks to violence for women and girls in emergencies
Progress and challenges in ensuring life-saving services and reducing risks of violence for women and girls in emergencies
- Report
- September 1, 2015
Environmental Health at the International Rescue Committee
In acute emergencies, the IRC establishes emergency water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programs, ensuring that life-saving services can be initiated efficiently. As countries evolve from emergencies to rebuilding, the IRC works to build stronger community and government oversight on improved water, hygiene and sanitation services, and maintenance of systems.
- Resource
- October 10, 2016
New IRC report exposes double emergency of COVID-19 in humanitarian crises; reveals grave shortages of ventilators and ICU beds in fragile countries
- Press Release
- September 8, 2022
They Know Best - Testing intervention packages to improve adolescents’ access to and use of sexual and reproductive health services in emergencies
Testing intervention packages to improve adolescents’ access to and use of sexual and reproductive health services in emergencies
- Report
- March 11, 2020
COVID-19 Emergency Fund
Refugee families will be disproportionately affected by the impact of COVID-19 on our community in the coming weeks. Help IRC ensure our clients have the resources and services they need to get through this trying time.
- Announcement
- March 24, 2020
Major earthquake measuring 7.7 shocks Myanmar, with tremors felt in Thailand and Bangladesh; IRC assessing and preparing to respond to humanitarian needs
- Press Release
- March 28, 2025
The IRC concludes lifesaving Cholera response in Yemen, yet warns of looming health disaster without global action
- Press Release
- May 8, 2025
The top 10 crises the world can’t ignore in 2025
Each year, the IRC’s Emergency Watchlist identifies and ranks the countries most at risk for experiencing a new or worsening humanitarian crisis.
- Article
- December 11, 2024