April 15-21 is National Volunteer Week. See how the IRC's Texas offices celebrated their volunteers this year!

With funding from the EU, the IRC helps young Syrian girls in Lebanon counter gender-based violence and prejudice. Meet Sabah, the girl who freed herself from a forced marriage at the age of 13.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City continues to support community-wide pandemic response, recently organizing a vaccine clinic with community partners to ensure 87 refugees and new Americans received the first dose of the COVID vaccine.

Get the latest on the impacts of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Herat province on October 7.

“When you start doing anything, at first it’s going to be frightening,” Bothina Matar reassures the refugee women she works with in Dallas. She encourages them to strive for a better future—their children’s future—without forgetting their past. “I am trying my best,” Bothina tells them, “and succeeding somehow.”

Olga Mbongo, a caseworker at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City, shares what brought her to the IRC and the surprises that come with her job.

Actor and IRC Ambassador Mandy Patinkin talks with businesswoman and philanthropist Cindy McCain on the need for the United States to remain a safe haven for people fleeing violence and persecution.