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. 

Zoe Daniels, the International Rescue Committee’s Roving Country Director, will take part in this year’s Virgin London Marathon to raise funds for our work supporting refugees and displaced people. With 100,000 runners expected to participate, Zoe’s inspirational efforts will be followed closely by her friends, family and IRC work colleagues.

The world cannot afford to turn its back on women and girls in Afghanistan. Here’s a look at what women and girls in Afghanistan need right now and what can be done to help.

World hunger is still a problem facing the world in 2024. Get the facts about the global hunger crisis as it stands and learn what can be done.

This paper explores the theory and practice of organisational development, in particular, the process through which INGOs work in partnership with their local staff and leadership to help strengthen partners’ ability to serve as effective service providers, public advocates and leaders.