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The hands that make a home
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.
- Article
- July 21, 2022
How does the IRC respond to an emergency like Ukraine?
With millions of people fleeing Ukraine, get the facts on how the IRC responds to this and other fast-moving humanitarian crises—and find out how you can help.
- Article
- October 4, 2022
Climate change solutions: How the IRC is supporting climate-hit communities
Learn how our teams are helping families on the frontlines of climate change.
- Article
- November 29, 2023
How to help refugees
This World Refugee Day, we examine the pressing challenges that refugees face around the world and consider how we can address them.
- Article
- June 17, 2024
Mexico
Each day, families hope to cross the border from Mexico to the United States in search of safety. Staying is not a safe option – and the IRC is supporting programs in Mexican border towns to respond.
- Country
How the Emergency Rescue Committee became the International Rescue Committee and where we are today
Netflix’s Transatlantic tells the story of how Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee helped thousands of refugees flee France during World War II. Read how the organization became the International Rescue Committee and how we’ve continued to support people facing conflict and crisis for the past 90 years. Through the years 1933 Varian Fry at his office in Marseilles in the spring of 1941.
- About the IRC
Honduras
A growing humanitarian crisis in Northern Central America continues to force thousands of people to displace in search for safety every year. Violence in Honduras is at levels akin to war zones. The International Rescue Committee serves individuals and families who are at risk of violence and displacement in Honduras with programming to satisfy their most urgent needs as well as working with communities and families to mitigate and prevent violence.
- Country
Following a devastating earthquake impacting Türkiye and Syria, thousands are at risk, warns the IRC
- Press Release
- February 7, 2023
Provisional Waivers Help Keep Families Together
Angelica did not want to take her family and risk the violence and poverty she had fled in Mexico, nor did she wish to continue living in the shadows of being undocumented in the U.S. She thought the only other option would be to tear their family apart with one parent living on each side of the border.
- Announcement
- March 2, 2017
Items needed for refugees in Phoenix
The IRC in Phoenix is committed to bringing our refugee clients from harm to home. As a part of that commitment, we provide them with necessities – such as clothing and household items – they will need to start rebuilding their lives here. To do this, the IRC relies on donated items from community partners that are passed into the hands of our clients free of charge either through our Resettlement Shop or as part of an initial apartment setup.
- Announcement
- April 21, 2021