After the closure of the Venezuela-Colombia border left thousands stranded, the IRC moved quickly to set up triage medical care, including testing and treatment for COVID-19.

Business owner and refugee Jonathan Amissa wanted to keep his staff safe. He ended up helping to protect the rest of Boise, Idaho.

These statistics remind us that the most vulnerable will be disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

As the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates in crisis zones like Syria, Yemen and the U.S.-Mexico border, your generosity helps the IRC to broaden our efforts as countries face a double emergency.

Bayard Rustin, chief architect of the 1963 March on Washington and a beloved member of the IRC Board, spent his life confronting injustice and refusing to accept the status quo.

When you have gone without care, you make it your mission to heal. 

When all you’ve had to keep going is enduring hope, you help people discover their own.

A virtual tutoring program in Seattle is just one of the ways in which the IRC is helping refugee children like Kudus and Delina continue their education during the global pandemic.

A catastrophic locust outbreak is coursing through East Africa, threatening starvation for millions of people. The IRC is actively responding with our humanitarian partners in local communities. 

Staffed by refugees, the nonprofits’ distribution centers provide meals to families in need i communities hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.