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For this refugee mum and her son, baking is all about love
Meet Taghreed and her 9-year-old son Yousif who share a sweet passion for baking. After fleeing from extremists in Iraq, the family was resettled by the International Rescue Committee in Seattle where Taghreed works as a professional pastry cook.
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- August 28, 2018
Girls create their futures
Engaging girls is important – to reduce their exposure to harm and to expand the vital role they can play in shaping their own lives and communities. This is the reason the International Rescue Committee brings together groups of girls to explore their power and potential and cultivate essential skills.
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- June 30, 2022
Hurricane Katrina
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.
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- July 6, 2022
A warm, safe welcome for refugees landing on Lesbos
The International Rescue Committee is preparing to open a reception center in northern Lesbos, often the first stop for thousands of exhausted refugees seeking safety in Europe. Built along the island’s coast, the site – “Windy Ridge” – is just steps from the beach where thousands of refugees from warring countries arrived this year.
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- June 30, 2022
Faces of Syria
Over 5 million Syrians have been forced to flee their homes, searching for safety in neighbouring countries and in Europe. As crisis continues, the International Rescue Committee is working inside Syria, across the region and in Europe to support those people to live a life worth living. Here are the stories of Syrians who work for the IRC.
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- June 30, 2022
Refugee mother’s dream comes true
With the help of the International Rescue Committee’s dedicated staff in Baltimore, a refugee mother from Myanmar reunites with her son after spending 10 years apart. This was the Mother’s Day gift she had been dreaming of for a decade. Watch the moment when they finally meet again.
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- May 4, 2015
Yemen can't wait
After 6 years of war, cuts to essential UK aid, and the pandemic disrupting access to vital supplies, families in Yemen need your support more than ever. Watch our video for the latest facts about this crisis, and please donate today: https://help.rescue-uk.org/
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- April 26, 2021
Meet Mustafa Hassan, one of TIME's 100 most influential people
Meet Mustafa Hassan, an International Rescue Committee aid worker named by Time magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people for his tireless efforts to protect the youngest victims of Syria’s civil war. Read Mustafa's story
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- June 23, 2022
Meet Chantal, who is combating acute malnutrition in Chad
Conflict and climate change have left nearly 3.7 million people in Chad without reliable access to food. Learn from Chantal, head of the International Rescue Committee’s nutrition program in Mangalmé, Chad, about our work to save children from acute malnutrition.
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- June 23, 2022
David Miliband: The IRC responds to the explosion in Lebanon
The IRC’s president and CEO David Miliband on the IRC’s emergency response, the challenges Syrian refugees in the country are facing, and the need for action from the global community. The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
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- July 5, 2022