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RYSA 2020 - Going Virtual

RYSA 2020 charts new waters in virtual programming for newly arrived youth.

AnnouncementJuly 21, 2020

NY & NJ youth programs plan virtual RYSA

New York & New Jersey's RYSA programs serve hundreds of students each summer. With the onset of COVID-19, RYSA 2020 is adapting to keep RYSA students safe.

AnnouncementJune 16, 2020

It's Back To School for Refugee Youth in NY and NJ

The IRC’s Refugee Youth Summer Academy is a program designed to help newly arrived students understand and become accustomed to public schools in the U.S. The program works with students of all ages to thrive in a new culture by exposing them to American teaching styles and subjects.

AnnouncementSeptember 20, 2017

Volunteer Adult ESL Teacher

The IRC in New Jersey seeks volunteer teachers to support English language learning among recently arrived adult refugees who have fled persecution in their home country and are rebuilding their lives in New Jersey. IRC will hold 1.5 hour morning and evening classes of group instruction twice a week. (Wednesday/Friday schedule and Tuesday/Thursday schedule.) Volunteers must commit to teaching a selected schedule until the session commences in late June 2019.

VolunteerElizabeth, NJ

IRC volunteer given DeVaughn James “Pay it Forward”award

Since coming on board as a English as a Second Language (ESL) Volunteer in 2016; IRC volunteer, Sheri has gone to great lengths to make the ESL classes a warm and inviting place where IRC clients are comfortable and actively  engage in classroom activities. Sheri works tirelessly to ensure that every detail attended to, always going the extra mile to add improve lesson plans and develop special activities that students have come enjoy.

AnnouncementFebruary 16, 2018

IRC response to girls being denied entry to schools in Afghanistan

Press ReleaseMarch 23, 2022

Femi Kuti meets with survivors of Boko Haram terror in Nigeria

World-renowned musician Femi Kuti recently traveled to northeastern Nigeria to meet with people displaced from areas ravaged for years by Boko Haram and see the International Rescue Committee's crisis response in action.

ArticleMarch 8, 2017

Financial Capabilities Instructor

The Financial Capability Instructor will work closely with the IRC in Salt Lake City's Financial Coaches to provide individual and group instruction to refugees and new Americans as they work towards starting their business, saving to buy cars, homes, or participating in career development programs.

VolunteerSalt Lake City, UT
The IRC team had to hike over flattened houses and between precariously leaning walls to reach the village center.

Responding to the most destructive earthquake in Pakistan's history

Arriving on the scene within hours of a powerful earthquake that struck Pakistan in October 2005, International Rescue Committee emergency teams aided 230,000 people, treated thousands of the sick and injured, and worked alongside survivors to rebuild their lives.

ArticleOctober 5, 2015
Nazia and Rolian dance outside at Elonas refugee camp.

A friendship born in dance

Nazia and Rolian bonded at a refugee camp in Greece over their love for dance. The two 16-year-old girls—one from Afghanistan, the other from Syria—practice Zumba moves to videos downloaded on Nazia’s mobile phone.

ArticleJune 28, 2017

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