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Angelina Jolie and William Hague visit IRC programmes for women in Congo
Foreign Secretary William Hague and actress Angelina Jolie visited a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where the International Rescue Committee is working to prevent violence against women and girls.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
David Miliband on the Global Child Malnutrition Crisis
Malnutrition isn’t just hunger. It’s a life-threatening condition that can rob children of the opportunity to live full and healthy lives.
- Video
- May 2, 2025
New Year's poem by Amanda Gorman will support the IRC’s humanitarian work
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is honoured that Amanda Gorman, the young poet who stepped onto the world stage at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, has chosen to support our work through the debut of her new poem, “A New Day’s Lyric.”
- Article
- July 7, 2022
What do Syrians need after the Idlib attack?
The International Rescue Committee is horrified at the scenes from Idlib province, northern Syria, where around 100 people—including children—are reported dead after a suspected chemical gas attack on April 4.
- Article
- September 29, 2022
Redevabilité dans la prestation locale de services: approche du bulletin communautaire de performance du programme Tuungane
A French version of the International Rescue Committee's report on accountability in local service delivery: the Tuungane approach.
- Report
- May 1, 2015
David Miliband in Niger, parched refuge for Nigerians fleeing attacks by militants
In June 2015, International Rescue Committee president David Miliband visited Nigerian refugees in Niger, where more than 150,000 have found safety after fleeing ongoing violence in their country.
- Article
- July 5, 2022
The IRC’s crisis response in Ethiopia
The International Rescue Committee has been working in Ethiopia since 2000, providing essential aid to over 100,000 refugees and more than 500,000 Ethiopians affected by natural disasters. In 2013, the IRC in Ethiopia opened the largest water system for any refugee camp in the world.
- Slideshow
- June 30, 2022
Myanmar: One month since earthquake, IRC warns of deepening humanitarian crisis
- Press Release
- April 28, 2025
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
The IRC and Sesame Workshop bring education and hope to refugee children
The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop—the nonprofit, educational organization behind Sesame Street—are working together to give millions of refugee children in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and northern Iraq the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.
- Article
- June 30, 2022