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The IRC's 90-year journey of innovative solutions
Take a look back with us at some of the major milestones in our work over the last nine decades.
- Article
- July 27, 2023
Pakistan
The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to people in Pakistan affected by floods and other natural disasters, poverty and the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Country
Economic recovery and development at the International Rescue Committee
The Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) unit at the IRC works to ensure that those we serve have their most basic survival needs met and have the combination of assets and income to prosper.
- Resource
- October 6, 2016
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
Afghanistan
The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Afghans who have endured four decades of violent conflict, as well as natural disasters and an economic collapse.
- Country
Why is international humanitarian law important?
Attacks on civilians and other violations of international humanitarian law reflect a growing trend in conflicts around the world.
- Article
- November 3, 2023
Nigeria
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides vital support to Nigerians enduring conflict, natural disasters and poverty.
- Country
How are global systems failing? Behind this year’s Emergency Watchlist
The IRC’s 2022 Watchlist of countries at risk of deepening humanitarian crisis reveals a world in which the systems set up to prevent human suffering are broken.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Inside the 2024 Emergency Watchlist
Responding to humanitarian crises: The myths, the facts and the solutions.
- Emergency Watchlist 2024