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Afghanistan: An entire population pushed into poverty
Five reasons why Afghanistan remains within the top 3 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist.
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- August 15, 2023
Syrian girls sing of homeland and hope
Sometimes, music speaks when words fail. That’s what a group of Syrian girls discovered through music classes run by the International Rescue Committee.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
The IRC's crisis response in Yemen
The International Rescue Committee has been working in Yemen since 2012. We are one of the largest non-governmental health providers in Yemen, supporting primary health facilities, emergency obstetric and newborn care centres, and hundreds of health workers.
- Slideshow
- June 30, 2022
Ebola
The International Rescue Committee has been responding to outbreaks of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We also responded In 2014, as West Africa experienced the largest ever outbreak of Ebola, which claimed over 11,000 lives.
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This teacher uses mindfulness to help children recover from war
Fatima is a teacher working for the International Rescue Committee in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, using mindfulness techniques to help her class recover from the trauma of conflict.
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- June 30, 2022
Meet Nasro: “I am the bravest girl in the world”
Meet Nasro, a 17 year old who considers herself to be one of the bravest girls in the world. Her story is the inspiration for the short film Brave Girl Rising, produced by the nonprofit organisation Girl Rising in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
Fact sheet: Syria-Türkiye Earthquake one-year mark
One year since the earthquake, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and our partners in Syria and Türkiye are continuing to focus on critical relief needs, while emphasising long-term, sustainable support to rehabilitation and early recovery in impacted communities.
- Resource
- February 5, 2024
Inside Syria: Life On One Piece Of Bread A Day
An International Rescue Committee aid worker (his identity obscured for security reasons) takes us inside Areesha, northeast Syria. Here 43,000 people who fled ISIS are crowded into a camp built for half that number. Some 25,000 people in Areesha are living on one piece of bread a day. Others have nothing to eat. The IRC is responding with emergency meals, which we have distributed to 5,000 families.
- Video
- November 14, 2017
No progress without peace: Failure to act will result in 20 years of child hunger in Yemen
In a report released today (3rd December) humanitarian agency, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), is calling on world leaders to catalyse opportunities for peace in Yemen and warning that failure to do so could lead to 20 years of rampant child hunger.
- Resource
- November 29, 2019
Rohingya refugees: The world’s fastest-growing humanitarian crisis by the numbers
International Rescue Committee aid workers on the ground in Myanmar and Bangladesh are scaling up our response to the world's fastest-growing humanitarian crisis. Here's a look at the Rohingya refugee crisis by the numbers
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- June 30, 2022