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IRC in San Diego: FY21 Snapshot Report
We're moving through extraordinary times here at the IRC in San Diego. View our full FY21 Impact Report!
- Announcement
- January 12, 2022
Refugee, mother, baker: Meet Taghreed
After fleeing violence in Iraq with her young family, Taghreed had trouble coping with life as a refugee. "Do something you love," suggested her mother. So Taghreed started baking, finding comfort in the familiar scents of spices from home. The IRC helped her begin a baking career, and now she works at a popular pastry shop near where she lives in Seattle. Her son Yousif says he's proud of his courageous mom.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Escaping Syria
The International Rescue Committee's documentary film, "Escaping Syria" won a Social Good Award for Best Episode with a Social Good Theme. The IRC's "My life has been transformed" video, featuring actor Patrick Stewart, also received an honorable mention for Best Spot (Over 30 seconds). The three-year civil war in Syria has claimed the lives of more than 190,000 people.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Crisis in Syria: The deadliest place for humanitarians
Syria ranks third on the IRC's annual Emergency Watchlist of 20 countries at greatest risk of worsening crisis in the year ahead. Here's what you need to know about the emergency in Syria.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Early marriage: the price of childhood?
Thirteen-year-old Helena was abducted by her uncle at gunpoint in impoverished South Sudan. He sold her to another man so he could pay for his own wife, following a practice known as the “bride price.”
- Article
- June 27, 2022
As Ebola cases spike, IRC’s David Miliband visits DRC: “The situation is far more dangerous than the statistic of 1000 deaths, itself the second largest in history, suggests”
- Press Release
- June 27, 2022
The IRC launches national curriculum to treat new mothers struggling with depression in Yemen
- Press Release
- May 20, 2024
Recipes from Home: Hafeza’s delicious Afghan Bolani recipe
Hafeza, 26, who fled Afghanistan four years ago, taught her new neighbors in Greece how to make her favorite Afghan dish, Bolani. Here's her recipe.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Our goals for economic wellbeing
The IRC provides direct assistance for people as they try to feed their families and find a safe place to live, and we work to improve livelihoods opportunities for long-term economic wellbeing.
- In focus
LIBYA: Hundreds detained in renewed crackdown on migrants and refugees
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022