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.

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.

Here are four reasons why the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Mali as one of the countries most at risk of experiencing a worsening humanitarian crisis in 2024.

Drawing on data from more than 2,400 refugee households, as well as the International Rescue Committee’s work in 28 U.S. cities, this report aims to inform future program models in order to create more effective and responsive approaches to building financial capability, lasting economic security for all New Americans.

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.

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.

In February 2022, Googler Nina Levchuk, became the founder of leading NGO, “United for Ukraine”. The United for Ukraine platform has received funding and support from the International Rescue Committee and a team of Google.org Fellows— and has helped over 5 million people to find crucial information and provided over 300,000 refugees with housing, legal aid, psychological and educational support.

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.