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IRC and LEGO Foundation bring learning through play to East Africa
In areas affected by conflict or disaster, children are likely to miss out on learning opportunities. The IRC and LEGO Foundation are responding by providing learning through play activities to 800,000 young refugees and host community children in East Africa.
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Statement by David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, on unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Idlib
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
IRC fears for safety of hundreds of thousands used as ‘human shields’ by ISIS as assault on Raqqa begins
- Press Release
- June 27, 2022
How to help Myanmar
Powerful earthquake worsens humanitarian crisis in the country
- Article
- March 31, 2025
This Syrian girl will stop at nothing to achieve her dreams
With funding from the EU, the IRC helps young Syrian girls in Lebanon counter gender-based violence and prejudice. Meet Sabah, the girl who freed herself from a forced marriage at the age of 13.
- Article
- September 26, 2023
11 YEARS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE IN SYRIA
As a follow up to last year’s report “A Decade of Destruction”, this factsheet has been produced to help raise awareness on continued violence against health care in Syria.
- Resource
- March 31, 2022
Refugee facts, statistics and FAQs
Who is a refugee? What’s the difference between refugees and asylum seekers? Which countries host the most refugees? Find out the answers to these commonly asked questions and get the real facts and statistics about refugees.
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- June 24, 2025
What next for Syrians who fled Aleppo?
Tens of thousands of Syrians who fled the traumatic bombing of Aleppo are crowded into shelters in Idlib province. The IRC is there providing cash relief, trauma counseling and other emergency support to hundreds of recently-arrived families.
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- June 27, 2022
IRC aid reaches women and children escaping air strikes in northeastern Syria
- Press Release
- June 27, 2022
The IRC & Sesame Workshop: helping children learn, grow and thrive
The IRC and Sesame Workshop are working together to give millions of refugee children the educational support they need to learn, grow and thrive. We are honored to be one of eight semi-finalists in the MacArthur Foundation's “100&Change” grant competition.
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- June 27, 2022