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Meet NorCal's New Executive Director, Sarah Terlouw
Meet Sarah Terlouw, the new Executive Director for the IRC in Northern California! Sarah has a long history with the IRC. We are excited to welcome and introduce her to our community so we sat down for a Q&A.
- Announcement
- November 24, 2020
IRC LA's Citizenship & Financial Capability Program Expands to LA County Libraries
IRC LA's popular Citizenship & Financial Capability Program is now available in West Covina!
- Announcement
- October 9, 2017
Youth Voices: An Essay on the Importance of Representation
In the first installation of Youth Voices, a Dallas high school student, resettled by the IRC in 2013, pens an essay on the importance of African and African American historical representation in school.
- Announcement
- February 20, 2018
Goddard Eisenhower High School students host in-kind donation drive for the IRC
In September Students from Goddard Eisenhower High School began collecting hygiene supplies and household cleaning supplies for the IRC and will continue collecting these supplies throughout their school year.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
IRC LA Citizenship Classes Expanding to Vernon Library
IRC LA Citizenship and Financial Literacy program now includes Vernon Library
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
IRC loan program tops $25 million
A crucial barrier to prosperity for many refugees is a lack of credit and access to financing. To meet this challenge, the IRC launched the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), which offers credit building, auto, personal and business loans. As of 2023, CEO made more than 6,000 loans totaling more than $25 million to refugees across 20 states.
- Announcement
- May 9, 2024
Celebrating children's hopes and dreams through art
In honor of International Day of the Girl and Women's History Month, we asked boys and girls in our Unaccompanied Children program to share their hopes and dreams for women and girls around the world through paintings, drawings, and self-portraits.
- Announcement
- March 4, 2022
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.
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Transforming Tomorrow: Innovative Solutions for Children in Crisis -- Learning from Ahlan Simsim’s experience in the MENA region
The report draws on the successes of the Ahlan Simsim initiative—the largest Early Childhood Development (ECD) intervention in the history of humanitarian response—reaching millions of children and caregivers across the Middle East with the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.
- Report
- March 13, 2024
Transforming Tomorrow: Innovative Solutions for Children in Crisis -- Learning from Ahlan Simsim’s experience in the MENA region (Arabic)
The report draws on the successes of the Ahlan Simsim initiative—the largest Early Childhood Development (ECD) intervention in the history of humanitarian response—reaching millions of children and caregivers across the Middle East with the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.
- Report
- May 28, 2024