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Career Pathways to Launch Industrial Sewing Pre-Apprenticeship Program in April

The IRC in Boise will launch a new career pathway open to all — refugee, immigrant, and US born individuals — to upskill and train as industrial sewing technicians.

AnnouncementMarch 17, 2021

Career Programs Debuts Pre-Apprenticeship Collaboration

Twelve students compose the inaugural class of the IRC in Boise's collaborative Environmental Services Pre-Apprenticeship program, receiving the vocational English and job skills training necessary for their success in this medical field.

AnnouncementOctober 19, 2018

Cash relief

Cash relief is one of the most efficient and effective forms of aid for thousands of uprooted people struggling to survive in times of crisis.
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Updating skills for a new career in New Jersey

In seeking new training to update skills from his home country, IRC client Daniel is well on his way to a promising new career and self sufficiency in New Jersey.

AnnouncementAugust 20, 2018

“Before the conflict in Syria, I was a normal person”

After an airstrike hit Zuhair's shop in Syria, he fractured his spine and was evacuated to Lebanon for treatment. There, he met a phone shop owner through the International Rescue Committee's apprenticeship program.

VideoMay 25, 2018
Mohamed Saleh Ismail stands in front of reels of thread in a tailoring workshop in Lebanon

Learning a trade, stitching together a future

Far from home and living with a disability, 30-year-old Syrian refugee Mohamed Saleh Ismail seizes an opportunity to restart his life in Lebanon.

ArticleAugust 25, 2016

A mother escapes Nigeria

On April 6 last year, Gloria Ibrahim, 29, and her family woke to the clatter of gunfire. They ran outside to find a cadre from Boko Haram, the radical Islamist militia that controls parts of northeastern Nigeria, rounding up villagers.

ArticleApril 14, 2015

Crisis in Nigeria: A mother’s tragic tale

After witnessing the death of fifteen relatives and neighbors, Gloria Ibrahim fled with her three small children to the city of Yola where an estimated 400,000 people have sought safety from a violent insurgency in Nigeria's northeast.

VideoApril 21, 2015

Get ready to give! Idaho Gives starts TOMORROW

Idaho Gives is BACK!

AnnouncementApril 20, 2021

Former refugee wins GA Electrical Apprentice of the year

Forced to flee his home country of Iran, Babak first arrived in Atlanta in December 2013 through the refugee resettlement program.

AnnouncementNovember 27, 2018

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