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The LEGO Foundation awards US$100 million grant to the International Rescue Committee to bring learning through play to children impacted by crises in Ethiopia and Uganda
- Press Release
- February 21, 2023
Cuban refugees and a global IRC
From 1960 to 1967, the IRC helped people fleeing Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Angola, Uganda, and Nigeria. After Castro's rise to power, it soon become one of the principal agencies helping Cubans to reach America
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Earthquake in Haiti
In 2010, the IRC responded to an earthquake in Haiti that left ovor 2 million homeless. We're ready to support partners responding to the Aug 14, 2021 quake.
- Article
- June 22, 2022
International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, Google, Microsoft, Cisco and TripAdvisor Expand One-Stop Informational Portal for Refugees Under the Newly Formed Global Platform, Signpost
- Press Release
- December 30, 2022
As Mike Pompeo visits Colombia tomorrow, the International Rescue Committee raises the alarm on ongoing social unrest, increasing xenophobia and a worsening economy, and calls for greater funding
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
The largest refugee resettlement effort in American history
When millions fled Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia after the fall of Saigon, the IRC was there to help them start anew in the U.S.
- Article
- July 10, 2023
Peru
The International Rescue Committee is on the ground in Peru providing support to Venezuelans as they try to rebuild their lives as well as members of host communities also in need.
- Country
Remarks by Russell and Judith Carson, recipients of the 2020 John C. Whitehead Award
Judy and I were very honored to be chosen as the recipients of the John C.
- Rescue Dinner 2020
The plight of unaccompanied children at the border
When 60,000 unaccompanied children crossed the border into the United States from Central America in the summer of 2014, the IRC sought to find out why.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
African nations struggle for independence
Armed with a new, global mandate, the IRC came to the aid of a continent struggling to transition to independence.
- Article
- July 27, 2023