Each year, World Refugee Day is celebrated around the globe: uplifting refugee voices, highlighting their contributions, and raising advocacy needs. This year, the IRC Atlanta hosted our second World Refugee Day Trivia Night welcoming volunteers, corporate partners, staff, and community supporters to share a bite and put their knowledge to the test.

Global aid cuts are threatening lifesaving immunizations—just when millions need them most. Discover how the IRC is working to overcome this challenge.

The IRC in Boise is proud to offer culturally responsive, trauma-informed mental health services, with language interpretation.

This summer, the IRC Charlottesville Youth Team has been busy providing a lineup of activities for local students focused on celebrating academics and preparing for the future. Summer activities have included community building celebrations and goal-oriented field trips. Through special events, educational field trips, and community picnics, the team is creating meaningful spaces for young people to connect, learn, and grow.

This summer, the IRC in Richmond's youth team led a season full of learning, connection, and empowerment for refugee and immigrant youth. From after school programs and college visits to summer camps and new initiatives, youth of all ages had opportunities to grow socially, emotionally, and academically. These efforts reflect the IRC’s ongoing commitment to supporting young people as they build brighter futures in their new home.

In celebration of World Refugee Day this year, the IRC in Richmond partnered with the Richmond Ivy Soccer Club! Throughout the month of June, a portion of ticket sales from four Ivy home games went directly toward supporting our programs that assist newcomers as they rebuild their lives in Richmond. In addition to the financial support, IRC staff had the opportunity to attend four home games to engage with Ivy fans and share about IRC services available to members of our community.

The IRC in Charlottesville hosted Refuge and Renewal: Stories of Hope, a fundraiser and storytelling event in collaboration with WTJU radio. Former refugee clients shared personal narratives through panel discussions focused on lived experience and the power of storytelling. With over 100 attendees and a significant amount of money raised, the event celebrated resilience, fostered community connection, and supported ongoing services for IRC clients.

This scoping study was initiated by the International Rescue Committee with funding from the World Bank Global Shield Financing Facility and analytical support from Lion’s Head Global Partnersexplores. It explores how disaster risk financing (DRF) and climate finance can support more resilient education systems in low- and middle-income countries. It highlights how natural hazards-such as floods, earthquakes, and cyclones-threaten educational infrastructure and learning outcomes. Despite growing global DRF and climate finance mechanisms, education remains underfunded and poorly integrated. The paper presents models and case studies demonstrating how DRF tools can protect education access, planning, and recovery, and offers practical recommendations to align finance and education systems for better shock-responsiveness and resilience.

IRC NJ Adult Education Client Success Story

The International Rescue Committee in Dallas is proud to announce a new partnership with the Texas Bar Foundation to expand critical legal services for immigrant families.