The Sadiq family from Pakistan were among the last refugees to be welcomed to the United States before the Trump travel ban took effect.

The story of 13‐year‐old Zain Younus, originally from Pakistan and now a student at the International Rescue Committee’s Refugee Youth Summer Academy. Read Zain's story.

Creating Opportunities through Mentoring, Parental Involvement and Safe Spaces (COMPASS) was implemented with refugees living in camps on the Sudan/Ethiopia border, conflict-affected communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and displaced populations in north-west Pakistan.

We are taking a moment to celebrate and thank you. For the last year, you've been a monthly donor, bringing hope and smiles to refugees across the world. Your support makes it possible for families like Maryna and her 3-year-old son, Rostik to rebuild and reclaim their lives in Ukraine. On this special anniversary, the whole team at the IRC wants to thank you, from resettlement teams in Europe and the U.S.

Pressured to leave Pakistan, more than 600,000 refugees have already repatriated to Afghanistan, still in the grip of violence and poverty. Meet some of the returning Afghans the IRC is assisting in Nangarhar province—where the majority of returnees are arriving, and moving onwards to urban areas like Kabul.

13-year old Zain from Karachi, Pakistan is a student in IRC’s Refugee Youth Summer Academy preparing for school in New York this fall.

Flooding causes humanitarian crises worldwide. Learn about these climate-related disasters and ways to help.

Humanitarian mobile money disbursements are often hampered by liquidity and performance constraints throughout the cash delivery ecosystem – from Retail Agents to mobile money service providers. This report documents and provides an analysis of the challenges encountered in the process of delivering humanitarian bulk payments and presents key recommendations for humanitarian organizations, mobile money service providers, and donors alike to overcome these constraints.

This brief explores the relative costs of running these different professional development activities across nine programs in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Pakistan.

The IRC’s cash research priorities aim to understand how best cash can be delivered to achieve greater scale and better outcomes for people affected by crises. This briefing shares the results of the IRC’s year-long research and development effort to improve the speed and cost efficiency of delivering cash assistance.