Nicole Sanchez began her internship in the summer of last year with the Intensive Case Management (ICM) program at the IRC in Phoenix. At the International Rescue Committee (IRC), interns play an important role in offering support to our program teams and clients while advancing our mission.

In 1940 young journalist Varian Fry began a daring mission to help Jewish refugees and some of the Nazi’s most-wanted escape the Holocaust.

Together, the IRC and Citi Foundation are helping aspiring young people around the world start their own business. Meet nine entrepreneurs who have benefitted from the Resilient Futures program.

In 2022 IRC Seattle started a sewing program called New Americans Artisan Collective to promote women’s empowerment through handicrafts. The inaugural class was launched in the fall, comprised entirely of refugee women from Afghanistan. On December 16th, the program proudly celebrated as the first cohort of six women graduated.

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On Saturday February 21, 2023, IRC, MAPS AMEN and World Relief Western Washington came together to host a Housing and Safety Resource Fair in Federal Way attended by over 70 Afghan adults and children.

Born in the ethnically diverse and politically complicated country of Myanmar, also known as Burma, Boo’s family made the brave decision to cross the border into Thailand in 1982.