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Postcards of hope
Syrian refugee kids in Zaatari camp, Jordan, create “postcards of hope” during an art therapy workshop, one of many the IRC has organized for women, teenagers and children in northern Jordan.
- Video
- February 19, 2015
As Greece reaches breaking point, the International Rescue Committee urges Europe to step in
- June 30, 2022
The incredible response to this innovative job seeker
It was rush-hour in Canary Wharf when Mary Engleheart met 22-year-old Mohamed, a refugee with a Rocket Science degree looking for a job. Learn more about his story.
- Video
- June 23, 2022
After the fire, Rahima finds new hope
Rahima was one of the thousands of refugees living in Moria camp when it was devastated by a fire two months ago. Now in a new camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, she's helping to protect people from COVID-19.
- Video
- November 25, 2020
The boy who risked death to go to school
When war engulfed Syria, Mahmoud dodged bullets and bombs every day just to continue his education. Now the 13-year-old refugee has become one of the top students in his new school in Lebanon.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
World Health Day: Celebrating health-workers during COVID-19
Health workers put their lives at risk to save others. They are working to slow the spread of COVID-19 among refugees and displaced people around the world. The IRC celebrates them today and every day.
- Video
- April 7, 2020
New Roots in Dallas
New Roots focuses on food security, food access and agriculture in the refugee community. New Roots is a national program and is located in 12 different cities. In Dallas, we have partnered with 9 different community gardens to provide growing space for our clients.
- Video
- August 10, 2016
Day 1: Mandy Patinkin Visits Women's Safe Space in Kara Tepe, Greece
On a return visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, which he first visited in November, 2015, Mandy met with refugees at Kara Tepe who are stranded here, caught in a desperate and lengthy limbo as they wait to know the fate of their asylum claims.
- Video
- March 6, 2017
IRC reacts to EU Council conclusions: "short-term, reactive policies, not the reforms that are urgently needed"
- June 30, 2022
Private violence, public concern: Intimate partner violence in humanitarian settings
Private Violence, Public Concern, examines the nature and drivers of intimate partner violence in three refugee camps across three continents. The research shows that intimate partner violence in humanitarian settings is driven by a complex set of factors that include pre-existing gender inequalities, which is exacerbated by rapidly changing gender roles.
- Report
- January 1, 2015