Progress and challenges in ensuring life-saving services and reducing risks of violence for women and girls in emergencies

IRC staff know that steadfast and compassionate support can prevent the loss of young lives—and give families hope for the future.

Learn about the world’s worst crises and what can be done to help.

Meet Shakira, Julia, Nelson, Jamila, Suzan and Bijou—six entrepreneurs who are rebuilding their lives in Uganda, a country that hosts more than 1.2 million refugees.

Abdelgabar Mohamdian is a farmer at heart. He grew crops and raised livestock in Sudan. Now, 17 years after he came to the United States, he is growing vegetables and making them available to the community through the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Phoenix’s New Roots weekly produce box program.

A simplified, combined protocol is equally effective, more costefficient, and easier to scale than the current approach to wasting treatment