For the first time ever, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is putting out a crisis alert to its annual Emergency Watchlist report. The IRC is calling for urgent action in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, with specific concern for intensifying famine in Somalia that has been dangerously neglected by the international community. By the time a famine is officially declared later this year, it will be too late to save hundreds of thousands of lives.

The International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) REACH project, funded by ZIP, Gavi's Humanitarian Partnerships Programme, uses innovative methods to ensure children in communities affected by a conflict and crisis receive all age-appropriate vaccines as routine or catch-up. This report shares how the innovative Indigo vaccine transport system has helped REACH increase vaccination rates in part of the Horn of Africa.

The results of the U.S. presidential election are in with Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. The International Rescue Committee calls on the Trump administration to continue America’s traditions of humanitarian leadership and care for the most vulnerable. We remain committed to the safety, dignity, and well-being of our clients and staff and to upholding core principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence.

A groundbreaking project, Ahlan Simsim by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Sesame Workshop, has been recognized by the 2023 WISE Awards. Ahlan Simsim has reached over 1.7 million children and their families directly with playful and educational learning opportunities in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, and over 25 million children through the award-winning locally produced Arabic-language version of Sesame Street airing across the Middle East and North Africa.

The International Rescue Committee in Arizona lead a Refugee Town Hall in honor of World Refugee Day (WRD) where community members and elected officials came together to raise concerns and share success stories from our refugee communities. Over one hundred community members, including refugee, migrant & immigrant community leaders and 20 refugee serving organizations gathered in the gym of the Valencia Newcomer School.

On Friday, June 23, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Associate Administrator, Mark Madrid, visited the IRC in Atlanta to celebrate the success of the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP)—a two-year collaboration between the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Atlanta, Refugee Women’s Network (RWN), the Latin American Association (LAA), and the Somali American Community Center (SACC)—in honor of World Refugee Day.

Four reasons why the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks South Sudan among the top 10 countries most at risk of experiencing a worsening humanitarian crisis in 2023.

The MHM in Emergencies project is a collaboration between Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the International Rescue Committee, and supported by Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises. The aim of this project is to expand the evidence and guidance on MHM during emergencies. Along with adding to the evidence base, the project has developed an MHM in emergencies toolkit in partnership with the humanitarian response community.