The International Rescue Committee has partnered with Richard Curtis—renowned filmmaker and advocate for the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations—to produce a short film that explains how world leaders can turn the tables on extreme poverty, injustice and climate change. Learn more on why we must act now to achieve critical sustainable development goals by 2030. 

COVID-19 affects everyone, including over 194,000 refugees at the Kakuma refugee camp. IRC staff in Kenya share community concerns about COVID-19 and how our teams are working hard to keep beneficiaries and staff safe. 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.

Ravi Gurumurthy, Chief Innovation Officer at the International Rescue Committee, wants to turn aid upside down. In this personal and inspiring talk at TEDxLondon, he imagines an international aid system that gives refugees five tools that put power directly in their hands. Only by placing our trust in refugees, can we nurture the virtue that will help them overcome the odds – their confidence.

Fearless. Ambitious. Fabulous. The International Rescue Committee knows that wherever they are in the world, with the right support, girls can be girls. While pre-teen and teenage girls are often the first to be harmed in a crisis, they are the last to be protected. They are most at risk of forced marriage, dropping out of school and violence. What happens at this crucial point in their lives can change everything.

Drought in northern Kenya has left some 2.6 million people struggling to find enough to eat. Women and girls in Turkana County are being exploited in exchange for money to buy food. The International Rescue Committee is seeing an increase in violence against women, early and forced marriage, and women and girls engaging in transactional sex in order to procure food for their families as the region is gripped by near-famine.

Aisha and Na’aem are best friends living in Yemen’s Sahdad camp. They dream of one day supporting families like their own who have been forced to flee. At the International Rescue Committee, we’re proud to support girls like Aisha and Na’aem and their families with health services alongside EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid​, so they can stay healthy and continue to pursue their dreams.