I am honored to have joined the IRC as the new Executive Director for Northern California. The scale of our efforts in the region last year -- resettling  roughly Afghan humanitarian parolees since August 2021, alongside another 448 refugees and SIVs since October 2021. 

Ten years ago, Hamida was forced to start her life again after her family left Syria due to conflict. Today, she’s living her dream as a professional photographer in Amman, Jordan.

The geography of poverty is changing. Extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in places characterized by fragility and violent conflict: by 2030, 85 percent of the extreme poor—some 342 million people—will live in fragile and conflict-affected states.1 Yet just one in five fragile states are on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).2 Meaningful progress on the goal of reducing global extreme poverty requires meeting the development needs of vulnerable populations in fragile contexts; but assistance in these contexts has traditionally been limited to short-term humanitarian aid, ill-equipped to address underlying development challenges. World Bank leadership, staff, and shareholders recognize that protracted crises and associated mass displacement and chronic extreme hunger, as well as threats from sudden-onset emergencies such as climate disasters and pandemics, threaten development progress. Driving progress in these complex environments is the only way that the World Bank will meet its twin goals of reducing global poverty and improving shared prosperity, and address the underlying drivers of some of the world’s most protracted crises.

Over 6 million refugees have fled Ukraine. Go inside the International Rescue Committee’s response supporting their long-term needs.

A new grassroots initiative allows everyday Americans to welcome and support refugees. Find out how to get involved.

The countries most vulnerable to climate change have contributed little to its cause.

Learn how our teams are helping families on the frontlines of climate change.

Netflix’s Transatlantic is based on a historical fiction book that tells the story of Varian Fry and his team’s work evacuating refugees from Vichy France during World War II. Their legacy is a central part of the IRC’s foundation. Find out more about our origin story and the inspiration behind Transatlantic here.

After nearly five years fleeing the violence that overtook their hometown of Hama, Syria, Noor and his wife have finally reached a place where they can provide their children with a future full of opportunity.