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Meet Alice: Entrepreneur, job creator, refugee
Alice is a South Sudanese refugee-turned-entrepreneur who runs a successful nut-roasting business in Uganda. Her family fled to Uganda after her village was attacked by militants. With the IRC' s support, Alice was able to kickstart her business. This is her story.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
IRC welcomes landmark ruling to give refugees legal status to work in Thailand
- Press Release
- August 29, 2025
How to protect people in a refugee camp from COVID-19
People living in crowded refugee camps have no way to "social distance." Learn how the IRC team in Kenya's Kakuma camp, now home to some 194,000 refugees, is helping people stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Video
- July 5, 2022
How Uber is helping resettled refugee families navigate their new lives
For refugees new to the United States, the journey doesn’t end upon arrival. Bonfils from the Democratic Republic of Congo shares how his family is utilizing Uber credits during their first few months in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Article
- October 23, 2024
Community Sponsorship: Partner with IRC to Welcome Refugees to the Bay Area
Community Sponsorship offers an exciting opportunity for a group of community members to support resettlement efforts and to engage in deeply impactful work with one of our family cases. Following the higher volume of arrivals experienced recently and an increase in community attention toward assisting refugees, IRC in San Jose is seeking volunteer groups who are interested in becoming Co-Sponsors.
- Announcement
- July 1, 2022
Stories of Welcome: A refugee mother is embraced by her new community
Jacqueline Uwumeremyi fled from the Democratic Republic of Congo to South Africa because of violence. After facing constant xenophobia because of her refugee status, she and her five children were finally resettled in Boise, Idaho, in 2018. There she was warmly embraced by local church members and other neighbors, including her close friends Pastor Jenny Hirst and neighbor Chris Johnson.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Moving Beyond the Emergency: A Whole of Society Approach to the Refugee Response in Bangladesh
This is one of five publications where we outline steps for developing a medium-term plan for Bangladesh, to benefit refugees and their host community alike. The other four cover forest and landscape restoration, trade, private sector investment, and labor mobility.
- Report
- October 7, 2019
Six former Secretaries of State speak out on refugees
In interviews recorded during 2012, six former Secretaries of State speak out on why it is important for the United States to offer support to refugees fleeing war and persecution: James A. Baker III (served 1989-1992), Dr. Madeleine K. Albright (1997-2001), General Colin L. Powell USA (Ret.) (2001-2005), George Shultz (1982-1989), Dr. Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009), Dr. Henry A. Kissinger (1973-1977)
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Supporting the Financial Health of Refugees: The Finance in Displacement (FIND) Study in Uganda Mexico
This report explores how refugees navigate financial and livelihoods obstacles, and the strategies that enable them to manage their finances, access financial services, and attain some measure of financial health and sustainable livelihoods.
- Report
- January 6, 2021
IRC Denver Youth Team Now Offering Virtual Programs For Young Refugees
The IRC Denver Youth Department have developed new programming to counteract feelings of isolation in Denver refugee youth
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022