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Making refugees welcome is an American tradition
Phoenix and America must, day in and day out, live up to the legacy, and the strength, of our “common immigrant heritage.”
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
Cash: better aid for refugees who have lost everything
"If the rescue boats hadn't found us, we all would have drowned," recalls Mohammed Omadi. Mohammed and his family, from Afghanistan, came face-to-face with death when forced to cross the sea to Greece to seek refuge in a safe country. Their cash, passports and luggage disappeared in the waves. Cash relief provides emergency financial assistance for families like the Omadis that have lost everything.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
A Community Health Volunteer Strategy for the Management of Hypertension and Diabetes and COVID-19 Detection Among Syrian Refugees in Jordan
Community health volunteers provided a critical link to Syrian refugees with noncommunicable diseases at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Report
- March 2, 2023
Spread the Word about Refugees and the IRC
Want to spread the word about making #RefugeesWelcome and also contribute more? There are various, creative ways to accomplish these goals simultaneously.
- Announcement
- August 12, 2022
A new reality for a young refugee
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.
- Announcement
- November 20, 2023
GenR, a Call to Action in Support of Refugees
New GenR member Jenny Ma writes about how she got involved and her first Food Stories: From Burma to the Bay event.
- Announcement
- July 5, 2022
What Pride Means for LGBTQI+ Refugees
We celebrate Pride month every June to honor the sacrifices of the activists before us and to recognize the progress made in advancing the rights of queer people everywhere, especially those who’ve been forcibly displaced.
- Announcement
- February 27, 2024
Support refugees in LA this holiday season!
It's that time of year again! It's the season of giving and the annual holiday gift drive is back again at the IRC-LA.
- Announcement
- November 21, 2020
Thank you for standing with refugees this #GivingTuesday
From all of us at the IRC in Atlanta, we would like to say a huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our GAgives on #GivingTuesday campaign! Thanks to your generous support, we exceeded our goal of raising $35,000 from individuals in the month of November and collectively raised an impressive $38,665, with gifts still coming in!
- Announcement
- February 27, 2024
One Year On: The state of refugee inclusion in the World Bank’s response to COVID-19
This policy brief offers ways the World Bank can standardize refugee inclusion across COVID-19 responses and continue to leverage financing for more inclusive national policies. The brief features case studies on Chad, Jordan, and Pakistan to spotlight different levels of inclusion across World Bank-funded COVID-19 response plans.
- Report
- April 15, 2021