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Bridging the Digital Divide: a RYSA success story
A Digital Equity Advocate Lends support to IRC in NJ’s RYSA youth program. The IRC in NJ chats with Mr. Shawn Gross to understand the digital divide and thank him for helping our RYSA students access Microsoft Teams for their virtual classrooms.
- Announcement
- June 27, 2022
Economic recovery and development at the International Rescue Committee: agriculture and rural livelihoods
To support agricultural recovery in long-term or post-crisis locations, the IRC works with communities to restore agricultural assets, upgrade skills and practices, and build disaster preparedness to better protect and improve their livelihoods.
- Resource
- October 6, 2016
Hotel partners welcomed Afghan families to Utah
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salk Lake City supported the resettlement of over 600 Afghan evacuees who now call Utah home. This effort could not have been as successful without numerous hotel partners across the valley.
- Announcement
- April 29, 2022
What next for Syrians who fled Aleppo?
Tens of thousands of Syrians who fled the traumatic bombing of Aleppo are crowded into shelters in Idlib province. The IRC is there providing cash relief, trauma counseling and other emergency support to hundreds of recently-arrived families.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
El Salvador: Hope in the face of gang violence
IRC president David Miliband goes inside El Salvador, a country in the grip of extreme gang violence. The danger these gangs pose to lives and livelihoods is forcing people to flee their homes in record numbers, some with no choice but to seek asylum in the United States. Miliband meets with local IRC partners in El Salvador who are providing crisis support.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Climb for Refugees
Come support the IRC’s first climb-a-thon on September 8! Enjoy food trucks, free drinks, raffles, music, games, and more while climbers raise funds to help refugee and immigrant youth thrive in their new communities.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
GenR in action
Since 2011, GenR members have come together to support the IRC's vital mission by hosting events, volunteering their time, helping to raise funds, connecting with fellow members and just having fun.
- Slideshow
- April 21, 2016
International Rescue Committee announces $1 million contribution from Novartis in support of COVID-19 response in East Africa
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
Family mentor volunteer in Spokane integrates newcomers with open arms
This National Volunteer Week, communities across the country partner with the IRC to welcome and empower refugees, asylum seekers, and survivors of trafficking. In these turbulent times, collective support and dedicated service means more than ever.
- Announcement
- April 15, 2025
Thank you for everything
Thank you from all of us here at the IRC for generously supporting our work to help people whose lives have been shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and rebuild.
- Video
- April 13, 2022