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IRC testimony to the US Senate urging increased funding for refugees and displaced people
Ahead of a Senate hearing on appropriations for the State Department and the US Agency for International Development, the IRC submitted testimony to urge Congress to increase funding for programs that provide overseas and emergency refugee assistance, basic education, malnutrition relief, services for vulnerable children, and programs to counter gender-based violence. The IRC also asked Congress to work to improve the effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of humanitarian financing and to allocate 20,000 additional Special Immigrant Visas for U.S.-affiliated Afghans in FY22.
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- July 6, 2021
Climate change is a 'big factor' in Chad's hunger crisis
Conflict and climate change have left nearly 3.7 million people in Chad without reliable access to food. Learn from Chantal, head of the International Rescue Committee’s nutrition program in Mangalmé, Chad, about our work to save children from acute malnutrition.
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- June 27, 2022
Uprooted by Boko Haram: David Miliband meets Nigerian survivors
Boko Haram, the world’s deadliest terror group, has forced nearly 2 million people to flee their homes. In October 2017 International Rescue Committee president David Miliband went to Borno state in northeastern Nigeria to hear the stories and the needs of Nigeria's most vulnerable people. The IRC is on the ground providing health and education programs, access to clean water and safe spaces for women and children.
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- June 27, 2022
Meet Kristine: a designer bringing something special to the everyday
Kristine left her home in Latvia with her family six years ago. Today, she lives with her husband and two children in Nuremberg, Germany and is proud to provide a better life for them through her small business. Learn more about the Germany delegation here: https://www.rescue.org/programvisit/germany/invitation/november2024
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- May 27, 2024
Jori and Majed from Syria go back to school in America
It's Jori's first week of kindergarten in Dallas, Texas. Her big brother Majed just started Third Grade. Their family arrived as refugees from war-torn Syria nearly two years ago. Jori and Majed's mother, Bothina, was a teacher back home. She and her husband Tamam are glad their children are safe and in a good school, and now have a brighter future in America. Learn more about their family's new life.
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- June 27, 2022
Sesame Workshop and the IRC, #100andChange finalist presentation
The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Street are working together to create a brighter future for 9 million children affected by war and conflict in the Syria region. We are honored to be a finalist in the MacArthur Foundation's #100andChange competition. Watch our full finalist presentation from Dec.11, 2017. Update, Dec.
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- June 22, 2022
On "60 Minutes": Educating the youngest refugees
The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop are working together to give refugee children a chance at a brighter future. "Less than two percent of all humanitarian aid funding goes on education, even though half of the world's refugees are kids," says IRC president and CEO David Miliband in an interview about the partnership that aired on "60 Minutes" on November 17.
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- June 27, 2022
IRC needs assessment report: Mexico-northern border
A new IRC survey from the Mexico-U.S. border finds needs are overwhelming available services. Women and children are at risk.
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- April 18, 2019
2005 Pakistan earthquake response, narrated by Tom Brokaw
The International Rescue Committee has been working in Pakistan since 1980. Within hours of the devastating earthquake on Oct. 8, 2005, IRC teams were on their way to the hardest hit areas to distribute emergency supplies and assist the survivors, with special emphasis on the needs of women and children.
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- June 27, 2022
Piper Perabo shares the truth about who is crossing the border
Actress and IRC voice Piper Perabo recently visited Phoenix, Arizona, where she met Central American mothers and their babies who had been detained at the U.S. border after fleeing gang violence at home. "When people talk about the rising number of people crossing the border, I think we have to remember that we are talking about small children and parents," she says. "It's families." Learn more about asylum seekers and how to help.
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- June 27, 2022