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Business takes a stand for refugees
The Business Refugee Action Network (BRAN) brought together global business leaders, philanthropic organizations and government officials during the 2019 United Nations General Assembly to take a stand for refugees and call on governments to do more.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Volunteer Spotlight - Nancy Joseph-Gould: Moving Mountains to Support Children and Families
Meet Nancy Joseph-Gould, who has worked to solve problems for refugees since she started volunteering in 2016 at the Denver office of the International Rescue Committee. From creating summer camp opportunities for refugee children to helping families register their children for school and obtain the services and supports they need to succeed and so much more, she has demonstrated that one person can truly improve the lives of people in need.
- Announcement
- November 13, 2024
World Refugee Day 2015
Nearly 60 million people have been forced to flee their homes by war, conflict and persecution — more lives upended than at any time in history. The International Rescue Committee joins the United Nations on World Refugee Day (June 20) in raising awareness of this unprecedented humanitarian crisis, urging global leaders to act, and saluting the courage of refugees who are trying to rebuild their lives far from home. Why is commem
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Human Flow trailer
More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement since World War II. Filmmaker Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Meet the doctor saving lives in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has taken a staggering toll on the country's health care system. Attacks on hospitals (as well as on civilian homes and schools) have been a hallmark of the conflict, with health care facilities alone tallying nearly 1000 strikes since 24 February 2022. Dr.
- Video
- September 20, 2023
Terminations of USAID and State Department Programs: Massive Impact for IRC Clients
- Press Release
- February 28, 2025
Cash: better aid for refugees who have lost everything
"If the rescue boats hadn't found us, we all would have drowned," recalls Mohammed Omadi. Mohammed and his family, from Afghanistan, came face-to-face with death when forced to cross the sea to Greece to seek refuge in a safe country. Their cash, passports and luggage disappeared in the waves. Cash relief provides emergency financial assistance for families like the Omadis that have lost everything.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Rania: Refugee. Food Distributor. Front-line Worker.
Rania Abou is a 19-year-old refugee from Syria living in Roselle, New Jersey. An artist who dreams of becoming an engineer, she is currently working for the International Rescue Committee and World Central Kitchen in Elizabeth, New Jersey, helping give out food to people in need. “In the future, somebody will help me. It's like a circle.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Doha: Refugee. Health Volunteer. Humanitarian.
Twenty-four-year-old Doha Ibrahim Ammouri, a refugee from Syria, lives in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan with her husband and children. She volunteers as a receptionist in the International Rescue Committee’s reproductive health clinic in the camp. Despite a national coronavirus lockdown in Jordan, Doha and her colleagues continue to provide essential medical care—safely.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Refugees in Europe: A crisis far from over
Up to 300,000 refugees and migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and other war-torn lands have fled to Europe this year, and most have landed on Greece’s eastern islands. Aid workers with the International Rescue Committee have been providing critical aid and services on Lesbos which has struggled to cope with the massive influx of up to 3,000 refugees arriving daily.
- Video
- September 15, 2015