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Brave Girl Rising trailer
This International Women’s Day, Girl Rising, the nonprofit behind the global campaign for girls’ education and empowerment, debuts a powerful new short film titled Brave Girl Rising.
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- June 27, 2022
Spend a day with an IRC mobile health team in Yemen
In Yemen, which has entered its eighth year of war, the International Rescue Committee delivers lifesaving health care through mobile health clinics. Meet Dr. Mohsen Fadel, a general practitioner who leads the IRC mobile health team in a city in the south of Yemen, and go inside our work. Read more about the IRC's mobile health clinics.
- Video
- July 28, 2022
Watch as Sesame Workshop and IRC help refugee children during COVID-19
Ahlan Simsim, created by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Sesame Workshop, is an early childhood development program that gives millions of refugee and displaced children and their families in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq the support they need to cope with crises and build a brighter future. The program has adapted to COVID-19 by providing caregivers with learning activities for their children via WhatsApp.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
On "60 Minutes": Educating the youngest refugees
The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop are working together to give refugee children a chance at a brighter future. "Less than two percent of all humanitarian aid funding goes on education, even though half of the world's refugees are kids," says IRC president and CEO David Miliband in an interview about the partnership that aired on "60 Minutes" on November 17.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
The power of working refugee women
Our research shows that refugee women could generate up to $1.4 trillion to annual global GDP if employment and wage gaps were closed.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Meet Hamida: A photographer and Syrian refugee, capturing moments in Jordan
"I feel that I and the camera are inseparable. Wherever I go, it must be." Ten years ago, Hamida was forced to start her life again after her family left Syria due to conflict.
- Video
- July 17, 2024
A Syrian boy in Lebanon experiences a moment of joy
Nine-year-old Maher discovered his love for photography after the IRC gave him a camera to photograph his friends.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Oprah's Book Club: Mothers seeking safety at the U.S.-Mexico border
In an episode of Oprah's Book Club, Oprah Winfrey shares the story of Nadia, who left Honduras to escape violence when her daughter was only four months old. The harrowing journey of over 2,000 miles to the U.S.-Mexico border took seven months. The International Rescue Committee and our partners are helping women like Nadia and their families on both sides of the border. See our reading list about seeking asylum.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
From Refugee Camps to Summer Camps
The International Rescue Committee in New York and New Jersey, St Urban Concerts, and renown Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh are pleased to announce a partnership to support the Refugee Youth Summer Academy in Elizabeth, New Jersey. This summer program provides a supportive and healing environment that helps refugee children overcome the trauma of forced migration. Through educational, recreational, and social activities, students improve their English language skills and their confidence, enabling them to assimilate in their new communities and become engaged citizens. St Urban and Kinan Azmeh will donate 50% of the sales of the album Songs For Days To Come, Vol. 1 to help 70 refugee youth participate in the summer academy.
- Announcement
- June 27, 2022
Inside the IRC’s work with asylum seekers in the U.S.
Go inside an IRC welcome center in Arizona, where we provide food, shelter, medical attention, legal orientation, travel assistance and COVID-19 testing for asylum seekers who have recently arrived in the U.S.
- Video
- April 13, 2022