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Keys to a New Life: Oakland Donor Unlocks Hope for Refugee Family
Imagine fleeing war with your children, leaving everything you know behind. Now, picture a new life starting to take shape, but a crucial piece missing: reliable transportation. This was Iryna's reality, until an unexpected jingle of keys unlocked more than just a car door, but a future filled with possibility.
- Announcement
- March 19, 2024
Flooding in Pakistan: What you need to know
Over 1,400 people, including nearly 460 children, have been killed as the country is hit by severe flooding.
- Article
- September 22, 2022
Serbia
The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to refugees in Serbia who are fleeing war and unable to continue their journey to safety. Many are trying to reunite with relatives in western and northern Europe. And hundreds are children sent alone by parents who desperately desire a safer, better life for them.
- Country
Yazidi refugees: A desperate struggle
Since early June, tens of thousands of Iraqis have fled Islamic State militants who have targeted religious minorities in a violent rampage across northwestern Iraq. Thousands remain in need of food, water, shelter and safety. Last month, the militants attacked one of Iraq’s oldest minorities, the Yazidi people of Sinjar.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
What you need to know about refugees
More than half of the world's refugees are children under the age of 18 and three-quarters are women and children. Find out the real story of refugees fleeing war and persecution.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Game of Thrones and the IRC
Across the globe, record millions of people are being forced by violent conflict to flee their homes. These refugee families—children, women and men—are struggling to survive and recover. The International Rescue Committee and HBO's "Game of Thrones" have been working together to bring attention to the global refugee crisis.
- Topic
They die of bombs, we die of need: impact of collapsing public health systems in Yemen
The right to critical life-saving health services of 9.8 million Yemenis caught in the intractable civil war has not received adequate policy and media attention leading to a dire humanitarian crisis especially for mothers and children.
- Report
- March 26, 2018
Community Event Responds to Critical Needs of Afghan Refugees
On Saturday February 21, 2023, IRC, MAPS AMEN and World Relief Western Washington came together to host a Housing and Safety Resource Fair in Federal Way attended by over 70 Afghan adults and children.
- Announcement
- January 26, 2023
Better Together Family Program
Last year, the IRC in Seattle launched the Better Together Family Program to support refugee mothers of young children who are new to the Seattle area. Program participants recently went on a fun, educational, and quintessentially Seattle outing to the Pacific Science Center – complete with a ride on the monorail! Learn more about this exciting new program.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
Inside the drought in northern Kenya with an IRC mobile health team
Three straight years of below-average rainfall have left some 2.6 million people in northern Kenya struggling to find enough to eat. As crops and livestock are lost to the severe drought, food prices have quadrupled and malnutrition is on the rise.
- Video
- June 27, 2022