The International Rescue Committee, hereinafter referred to as “the IRC”, is a non-profit, humanitarian agency that provides relief, rehabilitation, protection, resettlement services, and advocacy for refugees, displaced persons and victims of oppression and violent conflict.

The IRC is currently implementing a five-year urban livelihoods program: Refugees in East Africa: Boosting Urban Innovations for Livelihoods Development (Re: Build). The Re: Build program is funded by the IKEA Foundation and is currently under implementation in Kampala (Uganda) and Nairobi (Kenya). The objective of Re: Build is to enable positive change in the lives of urban refugees and generate evidence of what works in designing livelihoods programs for urban refugees and their host communities. Our approach in delivering this objective is by identifying client-centered approaches and practices that have the potential of building economic self-reliance for the refugees and their host communities. We will continuously test effectiveness of these approaches, and regularly promote the findings through diverse platforms as a strategy for championing the cause of urban refugee with governments, donors, civil society and private sector to facilitate adoption of successful interventions at a large scale, with the aim of creating transformative opportunities for millions of people in East African cities and beyond.

The IRC invites proposals from interested bidders for Data collection (multiple end line surveys) and fieldwork activities for the Re:build wave 1 Randomized Control Trial (RCT) research study in Kampala, Uganda. IRC will sign a service agreement with the successful bidder.

The International Rescue Committee, hereinafter referred to as “the IRC”, is a non-profit, humanitarian agency that provides relief, rehabilitation, protection, resettlement services, and advocacy for refugees, displaced persons and victims of oppression and violent conflict. The IRC has been working in Uganda since 1998 in response to mass displacement and devastation wrought by the rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Since then, in partnership with various donors, the IRC in Uganda has expanded to meet the needs of the conflict-affected regions of Karamoja, Acholi, West Nile region, South-Western Uganda as well as amongst urban refugees in Kampala and has a requirement for Re-construction of a Maternity ward at Okubani health centre III, Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Yumbe district, Uganda.

Despite the challenges of COVID-19, the IRC in Northern California has continued with one-on-one case management and offered services in digital inclusion, food security, employment services and financial wellbeing in recent months. More information can be found here in our quarterly impact report.

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Applications are open for the Spring 2020 Internship cohort with the IRC in Boise! Apply for the Compliance & Data Analyst internship with the Casework department.

The International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City presents the first quarterly snapshot of 2021, with a closer look at the Education Program.