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Stand with #TeamRefugees
For the first time ever, a small team of international refugee athletes are competing at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this year — representing the some 65 million people displaced by war, conflict and persecution.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Surge
The Protection Surge Capacity Project (Surge) provides crucial staff support to the United Nations refugee agency to protect refugees during crises. Joining forces to strengthen protection Providing protection to refugees and other persons of concern is the core mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). It is also an incredibly complex and human resource-intensive activity, one in which short-term gaps in protec
- Protecting refugees
IRC offers free financial coaching to refugees, asylees, and immigrants in Southern California
IRC's free financial coaching services have helped hundreds of newly arrived refugees, asylees, and immigrants get on the path to financial success in Southern California. Read about Stella's experience and how her financial coach helped her to not only budget and understand credit, but also gain confidence, feel empowered, and set dreams for her future once again.
- Announcement
- March 2, 2022
Cameroon
The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to refugees, displaced people, and host communities in Cameroon to help them recover and gain control of their future.
- Country
Refugee Girls Experience Prom Magic
In partnership with Dallas CASA, 16 high school girls resettled in Dallas experienced the magic of prepping for prom season.
- Announcement
- May 11, 2018
IRC in Denver's Youth Team, immigrant and refugee clients together explore Colorado state parks
The IRC in Denver's Youth Team staff, interns and volunteers facilitates fields trips for clients to Colorado parks all over the front range. The program was funded and supported by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), with the goal to enable immigrant and refugee families and their children to explore the beautiful outdoors of our Colorado mountains.
- Announcement
- November 13, 2024
Girls learn to be leaders in an Ethiopian refugee camp
For International Women's Day, the IRC asked girls in Helowyn camp in Ethiopia to describe what it means “to be a girl.”
- Article
- June 22, 2022
Four ways President Biden has supported refugees, and six actions he needs to take
The new administration will need to think big in order to help the record number of people facing conflict and crises around the world.
- Article
- June 22, 2022
The Trump Administration sets new all-time low number for refugee admissions at 15,000 for fiscal year 2021
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
Skills, talents, aspirations: empowering refugee entrepreneurs
When people are forced to leave their homes, they have to leave most things behind. But no matter what they leave behind, they all bring three things with them wherever they go: skills, talents, aspirations. See how the IRC and the IKEA Foundation are working together to empower young entreprenuers in Kenya.
- Video
- June 22, 2022