In a speech at Georgetown University, the IRC’s president calls for new thinking about what humanitarian action is, and how it can be delivered.

Raising funds for our vital work with Syrian refugees, the Star Boot Sale has got off to a flying start! The auction is live and will run up until 9pm on Sunday the 6th December.

Right now, an Iraqi military operation to retake the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul is underway and 200,000 terrified citizens are expected to flee the city in the first weeks. Without clear routes for families to escape safely, hundreds of thousands of people may be caught in the fighting.

Around the world, more than 45 million children under the age of five experience acute malnutrition annually. Approximately two million will die as a result.

Ending the COVID-19 pandemic can only be achieved if vaccines are available in all countries to everyone, including refugees. Here's how we get there, and what the IRC is doing right now.

Learn more about how the IRC is delivering lifesaving aid to Palestinians, and what you can do to help.