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Staff Spotlight: Yassin Yassin shares his story
As a former refugee from Eritrea, Yassin has a unique understanding of how the resettlement process works. Though his work as a caseworker for the IRC in Baltimore, he is able to share his experiences and assist newly arrived refugees and Asylees as they rebuild their lives.
- Announcement
- November 23, 2019
Vehicle Donation Program
Learn how to donate your used car to a refugee in need!
- Announcement
- August 20, 2021
The IRC in Garden City Celebrates its 1st Family Mentor Match
IRC's mentorship program has begun placing refugees with mentors in Garden City.
- Announcement
- November 8, 2016
New Roots Charlottesville Work Shared as a Model for the World
Representatives from the IRC in Charlottesville attend the UN Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
Advocate from Tukwila calls on Congress to stand for welcome
Once a refugee himself, Yasir is proud to stand up for the rights of other refugee and immigrant families in his community. He shares about his recent experience travelling from Washington State to Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
Let's RISE Together!
The International Rescue Committee is fundraising through the May 3 Idaho Gives to expand RISE Together swim programming to serve a larger population of refugee youth this summer. With your help we can RISE Together to make refugee children safer in and around water!
- Announcement
- April 26, 2018
IRC in Salt Lake City responds to COVID-19
Learn more about the IRC in Salt Lake City's response to COVID-19 in Utah, our efforts to ensure refugee families continue to receive the critical services they need, and ways you can help refugees in our community over the coming weeks and months.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
"Necessity is the mother of invention" for a Syrian volunteer
Yousef Al-Masri turns heads every day as he commutes to his volunteer job at an IRC-run health clinic in Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan. A long walk to work prompted the 50-year-old anesthesiologist from Syria to devise a better way to get around the sprawling camp.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
The immigrant journey to citizenship
For refugees coming to the United States, the process of attaining citizenship is long and challenging.
- Announcement
- July 8, 2024
IRC in Denver's first family matched with co-sponsor group in 2023
A new refugee family was matched with a co-sponsor Group in Arvada, Colorado.
- Announcement
- November 13, 2024