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Smiling young boys in Myanmar write in their notebooks at a wooden table in tehir bamboo classroom.
International Rescue Committee

What we do

The mission of the IRC is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control over their future

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Where we focus

The IRC will put in place high-impact, cost-effective solutions that help people affected by crisis. We'll also use our learning and experience to shape humanitarian policy and practice in ways that improve the lives of more people worldwide. And in all of our work we will focus on breaking down each of the barriers faced by women and girls.

A group of women who are part of an IRC livelihoods program in Nigeria stand outside, lifting hand-knitted tops to show them off.

Economic wellbeing

Economic wellbeing means people have their most basic survival needs met and have sustainable income and assets so they can prosper.

Refugee children hold pencils in a classroom at a refugee camp in northern Thailand

Education

Education is the ultimate empowerment tool for children, their families and communities to survive and recover from conflict or crisis.

An IRC staff member talks with a Syrian refugee family seated on cushions in their shelter in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.

Empowerment

If people do not know their rights or have the power to make important decisions, they will struggle to improve their lives.

An IRC health worker takes the blood pressure of a female patient lying on a mat on the floor in Thailand.

Health

Millions of people, particularly women and children, die from preventable causes in countries affected by conflict and natural disasters.

A mother holds her toddler daughter and looks out from their tent on a cloudy day in a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece.

Safety

Trapped in countries plagued by crisis, many people cannot access resources they need to ensure their own safety.

A smiling young woman stands outside a tent in Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya on a sunny day,

Women & Girls

With the right support and investment, women and girls can change their own future and uplift entire communities. They can change the world.

Where we're going

Six strategic objectives drive greater impact in our work in the U.S. and internationally. Learn more about our strategy.

Why the IRC

I support the IRC because I believe everyone should have an opportunity to seek a better future for themselves. My family had that opportunity and I’m so very grateful for it.

Rami MalekActor and IRC Ambassador
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