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IRC health workers in PPE admit socially distanced patients wearing face masks to their clinic on the Venezuela/Colombia border.

What you wanted to know about COVID and crises in 2020—your questions answered

Read some of our most popular articles of 2020 to revisit the biggest stories related to COVID-19, refugees and humanitarian crises this year.

ArticleDecember 28, 2020
Satellite image of Hurrican Katrina making landfall in 2005

Hurricane Katrina

Only days after Hurricane Katrina destroyed a swath of the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the International Rescue Committee dispatched an emergency team of relief experts to Louisiana. For the first time in its 73-year history, the organization responded to a humanitarian crisis in the United States. 

ArticleAugust 29, 2016
Fatima, a home visiting officer for the IRC in Mexico, holds a sign that says "welcome to Mexico" in English, Spanish and Dari. She is wearing a mask and an IRC vest.

How the IRC is helping resettle Afghans around the globe

The severity of the situation in Afghanistan brings renewed urgency to the world refugee crisis: The IRC is committed to resettling evacuees.

ArticleSeptember 16, 2021

Economic recovery and development at the International Rescue Committee: enterprise development and employment

The IRC’s enterprise development and employment (EDE) programs prepare crisis-affected populations for employment and self-employment opportunities, support the growth and creation of businesses, improve people’s skills, and increase people’s access to financial services.

ResourceOctober 6, 2016
Two men push children in wheelbarrows past damage from the Aug 4, 2020 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Getty photo

IRC responds to Beirut explosion: live updates

The IRC is providing immediate cash and economic assistance and psychological first aid to people impacted and displaced by the explosion in Beirut.

ArticleSeptember 3, 2020
A woman signs a form offered by a female IRC aid worker wearing a mask as a COVID-19 precaution while distributing emergency cash assistance.

What do people in Beirut need after the explosion?

When a blast of earthquake magnitude shook Beirut on August 4, Lebanon was already in crisis. Here are six things people there need right now.

ArticleAugust 14, 2020
A Ukrainian family embraces at a Ukraine-Poland border crossing next to a van.

How does the IRC respond to an emergency like Ukraine?

With millions of people fleeing Ukraine, get the facts on how the IRC responds to this and other fast-moving humanitarian crises—and find out how you can help.

ArticleApril 29, 2022

Economic recovery and development at the International Rescue Committee

The Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) unit at the IRC works to ensure that those we serve have their most basic survival needs met and have the combination of assets and income to prosper.

ResourceOctober 6, 2016

IRC in Salt Lake City responds to COVID-19

Learn more about the IRC in Salt Lake City's response to COVID-19 in Utah, our efforts to ensure refugee families continue to receive the critical services they need, and ways you can help refugees in our community over the coming weeks and months.

AnnouncementSeptember 25, 2020
An eleven-year-old girl looks at the camera while sitting outside in a camp for internally displaced people in Yemen. Laundry hangs to dry behind her.

The top 10 crises the world can't ignore in 2022

Record numbers of people, many fleeing violence and persecution, need humanitarian aid. Learn about the world’s worst crises in 2022 and what can be done to help.

ArticleMarch 1, 2022

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