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Community Sponsorship: Partner with IRC to Welcome Refugees to the Bay Area
Community Sponsorship offers an exciting opportunity for a group of community members to support resettlement efforts and to engage in deeply impactful work with one of our family cases. Following the higher volume of arrivals experienced recently and an increase in community attention toward assisting refugees, IRC in San Jose is seeking volunteer groups who are interested in becoming Co-Sponsors.
- Announcement
- July 1, 2022
Group Volunteer Opportunities in Salt Lake City
The IRC in Salt Lake City offers several group volunteer opportunities ranging from group work days at our New Roots farm or garden sites, helping out at the Goat Ranch, cleaning up Spice Kitchen and more. Gather your colleagues, friends, family or church group and get involved!
- Announcement
- January 15, 2025
Partnership is key to welcome Afghans to Utah
Since late September, the IRC in Salt Lake City has welcomed more than 190 Afghan refugees to Utah, With support from community partners like the Utah Muslim Civic League, the IRC is there to help families rebuild their lives in our community.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
The World War II refugee story that inspires this mom and son
When asked how her family story has shaped her, Juno Englander, whose father fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the Second World War, answers without hesitation: "That one must never give up, that one must always see the positive." Today, Juno’s father’s spirit also inspires his grandson, film and television actor Lucas Englander. “He just tried as an individual to do his utmost to help people, or make a difference politically
- Video
- August 23, 2022
Mental Health Matters
Here at the IRC in NorCal, helping refugees overcome trauma is critical to becoming self-reliant. Meet our dedicated team of staff helping improve the wellness of newcomers and their families.
- Announcement
- June 27, 2024
How to donate to Sacramento
Private donations contribute significantly to the success of the IRC's work. Although we receive state and federal funding for initial resettlement and employment services, the assistance we provide to refugee families goes beyond their first few months in the U.S. and would not be possible without community support.
- Announcement
- October 8, 2018
See how a doctor saves lives against the odds in Gaza
After a year of escalating conflict, none of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are fully functioning, with only 17 able to operate at all.
- Video
- October 10, 2024
Empowerment
Millions of people across the world don’t have control over important choices that affect their lives, such as where they live, how they live, and how they are governed. Women and girls, in particular, struggle to advocate for their rights and make their voices heard. These issues are worsened by crises, which often uproot families, tear apart communities, and weaken government systems.
- Outcome
Your continued support makes an incredible impact
Thank you for helping families living in the world’s toughest places rebuild their lives and regain control of their future.
- Video
- September 6, 2023
Your continued support makes an incredible impact
Thank you for helping families living in the world’s toughest places rebuild their lives and regain control of their future.
- Video
- October 31, 2023