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From Refugee Camps to Summer Camps
The International Rescue Committee in New York and New Jersey, St Urban Concerts, and renown Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh are pleased to announce a partnership to support the Refugee Youth Summer Academy in Elizabeth, New Jersey. This summer program provides a supportive and healing environment that helps refugee children overcome the trauma of forced migration. Through educational, recreational, and social activities, students improve their English language skills and their confidence, enabling them to assimilate in their new communities and become engaged citizens. St Urban and Kinan Azmeh will donate 50% of the sales of the album Songs For Days To Come, Vol. 1 to help 70 refugee youth participate in the summer academy.
- Announcement
- June 27, 2022
What is the GRACE Act?
The GRACE Act, a bill recently introduced in Congress, could help ensure the U.S. does its part to address the world refugee crisis. Nearly 26 million refugees have fled violence and persecution around the world.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Public service delivery in contexts of urban displacement
This paper discusses how humanitarian actors may help strengthen existing service delivery infrastructures and assist local service providers to meet increasing demand from displaced populations.
- Report
- December 20, 2017
We need to stop being afraid of refugees
Actor and IRC ambassador Mandy Patinkin and wife Kathryn Grody traveled to Greece and Serbia to meet brave and resilient refugees who are caught in a desperate and lengthy limbo. Read story.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Eyewitness to a near famine in South Sudan
According to a recent survey by the International Rescue Committee and SocialSphere, Inc. very few Americans are aware of the near famine affecting 20 million people in Africa and the Middle East. But once they are informed, it immediately rises to a top global concern. In this video IRC president David Miliband visits refugee settlements in South Sudan and Uganda to hear the stories of people impacted by this crisis.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Fundraise for refugees
The guide helps set up IRC fundraisers, outlines a three-step process, offers tips, and shows donation impacts from $110 to $4,500.
- Report
- April 11, 2025
Thank you for standing with refugees.
We know you care about refugee families. And it’s because of supporters like you that we’re able to make a difference for families fleeing crisis zones around the world. Thank you for standing with us on our mission to help refugee families survive, recover and regain control of their lives. A group of friends at a Child Protection Safe Space in a camp for Tigrayan refugees in East Sudan. Photo: Khalid Alarabi for the IRC
- #RefugeesWelcome
U.S. Charities Launch Global Emergency Response Coalition to Expedite Action During Humanitarian Crisis
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
What gives us hope during the COVID-19 pandemic
The coronavirus struck at a time when more people around the world are displaced by war and crisis than ever before. They, along with people living in conflict zones, will be among the hardest hit by the pandemic. We asked refugees and frontline International Rescue Committee staff what gives them hope as the world confronts COVID-19. Watch their moving responses.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Mandy Patinkin visits a safe space for refugee women in Greece
On a return visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, which he first visited in November 2015, Mandy Patinkin met with refugees stranded at Kara Tepe who are caught in a desperate and lengthy limbo as they wait to know the fate of their asylum claims. Learn more about refugees in Europe.
- Video
- June 27, 2022