The IRC has partnered with Nike and buntkicktgut to bring the unifying power of play to refugee and local children in primary schools across Berlin.

Alongside IRC aid workers, Queen Rania Al Abdullah met with refugees stranded on the Greek island of Lesbos.

YouTube creators including Tyler Oakley and Fly With Haifa traveled to four countries and two U.S. cities to meet refugees and to collaborate with them on videos depicting their unique experiences.

For the first time, the IRC has sponsored a boy's soccer team in Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp. The team reached the semifinal round of the Zaatari World Cup tournament. This is their story.

International Rescue Committee president, David Miliband, witnesses first­hand the refugee crisis on the Greek island of Lesbos where up to 3,000 refugees are arriving daily. “Lesbos is the eye of the storm for the European refugee crisis,” he said. “And the IRC is the leading aid agency  providing the most basic welcome.”

From the IRC's 2022 Global Virtual Event, watch to learn how the IRC and our partners help people impacted by the war in Ukraine. The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.

In Serbia's capital Belgrade, over 1,200 young people, including children, are sleeping in derelict warehouses in brutally cold weather, where temperatures reach –4 degrees Fahrenheit.