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Syrian girl with Sesame Muppet Tonton

Meet some of the young Syrian lives the IRC and Sesame Street will change

The IRC and Sesame Workshop have won $100 million in the MacArthur 100andChange competition to deliver the largest transformative early learning program for more than nine million refugee children in the Middle East.

ArticleDecember 20, 2017

A young boy sits at a table in a refugee shelter in Serbia, surrounded by other children and their families seeking safety in Europe.

Serbia

The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to refugees in Serbia who are fleeing war and unable to continue their journey to safety. Many are trying to reunite with relatives in western and northern Europe. And hundreds are children sent alone by parents who desperately desire a safer, better life for them.

A Rohingya refugee woman holds her malnourished baby in an IRC-supported health center in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

Nearly 1 million Rohingya have fled violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State to Cox’s Bazar, a district in Bangladesh. The IRC is responding with health care, protection for vulnerable women and children, and emergency support for the refugees.

A young Syrian refugee girl writes in a notebook.

Germany

The International Rescue Committee is supporting government and local nonprofit agencies in Germany as they assist more than 1 million people fleeing conflict. We're sharing our expertise in education for refugee children and youth, the special protection needs of women fleeing crisis, and ways to prepare refugees to join the workforce and contribute to their new communities.

A woman who is an IRC staff member stands speaking animatedly to a group of people seated on the ground in the shade of a tree in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Zimbabweans who are battling natural disasters while struggling to recover from a decade-long economic decline.

Lena Headey, who plays Cersei Lannister on Game of Thrones, talks with Afghan refugee Rehanna, age 27, holding her hands

Game of Thrones and the IRC

Across the globe, record millions of people are being forced by violent conflict to flee their homes. These refugee families—children, women and men—are struggling to survive and recover. The International Rescue Committee and HBO's "Game of Thrones" have been working together to bring attention to the global refugee crisis.

A small child being examined at an IRC clinic in Yemen has her upper arm measured with a MUAC tape, which shows she may be acutely malnourished.

Ending malnutrition

Malnutrition isn’t just hunger. It’s a life-threatening condition that can rob children of the opportunity to live full, healthy and productive lives.

World Refugee Day in pictures

For this year’s World Refugee Day, the IRC in Florida’s Tallahassee office worked with local partners to celebrate the vast contributions that refugees have made to our state! Thanks to the Florida Department of Children and Families for capturing such beautiful pictures of this event.

AnnouncementAugust 19, 2019

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.

Luisa, an asylum seeker from Mexico, stands with with her children in Arizona after she was able to cross the US border. They are standing in a hallway with their backs to the camera, to protect their identities.

Seeking safety at the border

Families escaping gang violence and persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have undertaken a dangerous journey to seek asylum in the United States. Here's what you need to know.

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