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NGOs call for urgent reforms to famine prevention
- Press Release
- February 15, 2023
Two years into Covid-19 pandemic, less than 10% of people living in crisis are vaccinated; just $96 million- less than 1% of the health budgets of the US, UK, EU and Germany - is needed to vaccinate people in IRC’s operating areas
- Press Release
- March 11, 2022
Hurricane Katrina
Only days after Hurricane Katrina destroyed a swath of the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the International Rescue Committee dispatched an emergency team of relief experts to Louisiana. For the first time in its 73-year history, the organization responded to a humanitarian crisis in the United States.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
COP 29: IRC urges global leaders to fund anticipatory climate action as floods and displacement worsen across Africa
- Press Release
- November 11, 2024
IRC: COP28 recognized the needs of countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis- must turn words into action
- Statement
- December 13, 2023
New UN data shows 40% increase in people in need; IRC calls on world leaders to step up and fund frontline response
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
Why do some humanitarian crises go unaddressed?
The 2024 Emergency Watchlist identifies and debunks five myths that have captured the discourse surrounding the world’s most pressing humanitarian crisis. Learn more here.
- Article
- February 7, 2024
Mia Farrow: More must be done, including better collaboration, by global community to treat malnutrition
- Press Release
- August 18, 2022
Darfur: “Where are the people of El Fasher?” IRC demands as catastrophic hunger levels confirmed and unaccompanied children arrive in Tawila
- Press Release
- November 3, 2025
Omicron: Triple threat of COVID, conflict, climate change in Africa
As new COVID-19 variants such as Omicron emerge, it’s more important than ever that world leaders address COVID, conflict and climate change in Africa.
- Article
- June 27, 2022