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Refugee crisis

There are now more than 82 million refugees and displaced people around the world. The International Rescue Committee is providing relief to millions in war zones and other countries in crisis; in Europe, where refugees continue to seek safety; and in our 20+ resettlement offices in the United States.
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Deqa Omer, 32, stands among makeshift tents in a parched landscape in Ethiopia during a drought, her fingers resting on her cheek as she looks at the camera.

Climate Change

Climate change is set to unleash lasting damage across the world—even if we succeed in limiting global warming. The time is now for all of us to become better stewards for the planet.
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Celebrating the Class of 2020

For the last four years, the IRC in Dallas has been holding a Robing Ceremony the night before graduation to honor fifteen high school graduates who started their journey in the US as refugees. Since we are unable to gather this year, we are sharing the great accomplishments of these remarkable students here.

AnnouncementMay 28, 2020
The smudged window of a bus with a woman and child peering out of it. They are wearing winter hats and coats.

Ukraine crisis

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is having devastating consequences for the civilian population and humanitarian needs are expected to rise. How the IRC helps.
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A health workers uses a scanner to screen a woman and baby for signs of Ebola

Ebola

The International Rescue Committee has been responding to outbreaks of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We also responded In 2014, as West Africa experienced the largest ever outbreak of Ebola, which claimed over 11,000 lives.
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An IRC paramedic checks the temperature of a woman in Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh

Coronavirus response

As the coronavirus continues to spread globally, people living in crisis will be hit hardest. The International Rescue Committee is scaling up our response to the pandemic.
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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.
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Ethiopian Sheyte Amdu smiling

Why drought can't drive this Ethiopian family from their home

After the IRC rehabilitated a water point close to her home, 25-year-old Sheyte Amdu was able to stay in her village.

ArticleMay 11, 2016

An unrelenting drought has gripped millions of lives in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is suffering from its worst drought in 50 years, affecting more than 10 million people. Here’s how the IRC is providing relief to people in need.

ArticleMarch 22, 2016

Environmental Health at the International Rescue Committee

In acute emergencies, the IRC establishes emergency water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programs, ensuring that life-saving services can be initiated efficiently. As countries evolve from emergencies to rebuilding, the IRC works to build stronger community and government oversight on improved water, hygiene and sanitation services, and maintenance of systems.

ResourceOctober 10, 2016

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