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Two Yazidi sisters in Sinjar, Iraq sit on the floor of their home, coloring

Education tips for parents during the coronavirus crisis

IRC education expert Jamie Weiss-Yagoda shares tips she's using to help her two young children keep learning while schools are closed due to the coronavirus.

ArticleApril 3, 2020

Bringing the classroom home to refugee students in Seattle

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRC has been able to deliver school supplies to families and continue serving refugee students in our Ready to Read after-school progra

VideoJune 22, 2020

ESL classroom aide

Under the supervision of the Vocational English as a Second Language instructor, classroom aides will assist with individual instruction in English classes to newly arrived refugees.

VolunteerTurlock, CA

Why Boko Haram won't keep this girl out of the classroom

At 14, Hauwa’u dreams of becoming a doctor. Although Boko Haram violence forced her to miss almost a year of school, she was able to continue her education at a free learning center run by the IRC.

ArticleNovember 29, 2016

Education at the International Rescue Committee: Primary-school aged children

The IRC’s education programming for primary school-aged children has three overarching goals: (1) to ensure that children enroll in and attend school regularly; (2) to protect children from all forms of violence in school and on their way to school; and (3) to build fundamental reading, math and social-emotional skills.

ResourceOctober 3, 2016

Safe Healing and Learning Spaces Toolkit

A Safe Healing and Learning Space (SHLS) is a secure, caring and predictable place where children and adolescents living in conflict and crisis settings can learn, develop and be protected. The SHLS Toolkit provides child protection and education practitioners with all of the content needed to initiate an SHLS program.

ResourceAugust 18, 2016

The IRC and Sesame Street help refugee children learn to heal

The IRC and the educational organization behind Sesame Street are working together to help refugee children and their families cope with the trauma and loss they have experienced.
SlideshowJune 23, 2016

Amid trauma and conflict, a Syrian girl’s steps to heal

Through counseling and creative activities, thirteen-year-old Nada regained a sense of hope, security and confidence.

ArticleJune 20, 2016
37-year-old Amira volunteers at a health clinic ru

Healing herself by helping others

Volunteering at an IRC-run clinic in Jordan has given this Syrian mother hope to aspire for a better future.

ArticleMay 8, 2016
Ten-year old Anastasie sits elbow leaning on chair near an IRC hand-washing station, her COVID-19 face mask pulled down around her neck.

Cameroon: Conflict and COVID won't keep these children from school

“I want all children to go to school, especially girls who are told that they should stay home.” Meet 10-year-old Anastasie and other children now back in class.

ArticleJuly 9, 2021

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