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Refugees bring more than they carry
This World Refugee Day, and every day, welcome refugees and all that they bring to your community.
- Video
- July 12, 2022
Save the Date: North Texas Giving Day
North Texas Giving Day is on September 19th. Learn how you can be involved and support families in North Texas!
- Announcement
- August 28, 2019
Refugee student awarded scholarship
When Mukabera Uwamaria was 15 years old, she fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After five months on the run, she arrived at a refugee camp in Rwanda, where she lived for the next 20 years. There, she met her husband, Eugene, and had four children. The oldest of whom is Elysee Ishimwe. Today, the family has a home in Dallas, Texas. Elysee, now an 11 year old attending Sam Tasby Middle School, was recently the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from his elementary school. He will be awarded the money upon high school education to go towards continuing education.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
IRC Ambassadors on why they support our work with refugees
Rami Malek, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Morena Baccarin, Sepideh Moafi, Ebony Obsidian and other IRC Ambassadors share why they are proud to support the IRC’s work to help refugee families survive, recover and rebuild in the world’s toughest places. Learn more about how celebrities are supporting refugees and join them by making a gift to the IRC today.
- Video
- June 22, 2022
Natalie Portman: Why I support the International Rescue Committee
IRC Ambassador Natalie Portman shares why she admires the work of the International Rescue Committee. "For nearly a century, refugee families have turned to the IRC for the resources and support they need to rebuild their lives. Please, donate what you can today.” Natalie has an important message for you this holiday season. Join her and donate to the IRC today.
- Video
- November 16, 2022
How to help refugees in Los Angeles
Hello, IRC Family, Friends, and Supporters! The IRC in Los Angeles is hosting its end-of-year WHV Donation Drive & Assembling Event on Saturday, October 28th between 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We hope to collect specific items to make Welcome Kits for newly arrived refugee families. It is easy to help!
- Announcement
- October 10, 2023
Amal and George Clooney meet with Syrian refugees in Berlin
Actor and director George Clooney and his wife, human-rights lawyer Amal Clooney, speak with Syrian refugee families living in Germany. The meeting was organized by the International Rescue Committee, which has been delivering critical aid since 2012 to millions of people inside Syria and across the region who have been affected by five years of violence.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Syrian refugee children share their secret superpowers
At least a half million Syrian refugee children live in Lebanon. Many have no choice but to work on the streets or in the fields to help their families survive. The International Rescue Committee gives them a safe place to play, learn, and just be kids. Meet a group of children as they spend a day in one of these safe spaces dressing up in superhero costumes and talking about their secret superpowers.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
“A Home for Refugees” – Who We Are, the IRC in Atlanta
Since opening in 1979, the IRC’s locally funded office in Atlanta has welcomed close to 30,000 refugees from over 65 countries to resettle in communities across Georgia. A committed staff of more than 150 professionals—many of whom were refugees themselves—work together with community supporters to assist families in rebuilding their lives. In this video, some of them share their stories.
- Video
- January 31, 2024
The Zookeeper's Wife star Jessica Chastain on the refugee crisis
Jessica Chastain stars in the new film The Zookeeper's Wife, about a family who risked their lives to save hundreds of innocent people during the Holocaust. She calls on all of us to do what we can to welcome refugees today, in the face of the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II. Learn more and see how you can help.
- Video
- July 1, 2022