Amen Koutowogbe joined the team at the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City as an intern in 2020, connected by One Refugee.

Students at Sabot Stony Point deliver over 300 school supplies to the IRC in Richmond

IMPACT is the IRC’s Crisis Response, Recovery and Development Department’s Program Quality Framework. The IMPACT Framework applies to all CRRD Country Programs to help us advance high-quality programming across all sectors.

Each year on June 20th, the world celebrates World Refugee Day. This day honors those forced to flee their homes and courageously resettle in new lands. In San Jose, welcomers from across Santa Clara County will come together to celebrate the area’s rich cultural diversity and proud history of welcoming immigrants and refugees. Additionally, to further demonstrate San Jose's welcoming spirit, the IRC in San Jose is seeking community support for our 2024 World Refugee Day Donation Drive for kitchen supplies to help our new neighbors feel at home in their new homes!

A crucial barrier to prosperity for many refugees is a lack of credit and access to financing. To meet this challenge, the IRC launched the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), which offers credit building, auto, personal and business loans. As of 2023, CEO made more than 6,000 loans totaling more than $25 million to refugees across 20 states.

The OHS Action Plan ensures that IRC and its partners protect the occupational health and safety environment and consider the employees' occupational health and safety needs.

Staff, interns, and volunteers came together to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th. At the IRC in Silver Spring, programs like the Youth and Women's Employability Program seek to narrow gender gaps and ensure opportunities for success are available to all.