Mohamed Cherif Diallo joined the IRC in Salt Lake City team on March 6th as the new Executive Director.

As a result of the emergency needs assessment, IRC in NJ received funding to distribute one-time prepaid gift cards to households, individuals, and couples in our community, meeting established criteria and on our Intake and Casework team’s caseload. This relief effort, while finite, will serve almost 300 individuals in our area over the next few months.  

For 20 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City has partnered with the University of Utah Occupational Therapy (OT) program to provide an OT level two field study experience for advanced students from across the U.S.

“You don’t realize that you are impacting other people’s lives,” Christelle, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, says of some of her first friendships in the United States.

IRC in Denver teams up with local groups to support refugee families with integrating smoothly into the community!

The International Rescue Committee’s staff leadership board and senior leaders group manage the strategy and implementation of the IRC’s humanitarian work worldwide. IRC Staff Leadership Board David Miliband President and CEO Jeannie Annan Chief Research and Innovation Officer Martin Bratt Acting Chief Financial Officer Harlem Désir Senior Vice President, Europe Ciaran Donnelly Senior Vice President, Crisis Response, Recovery & Dev

Two Syrian refugee families from Turlock and two Afghan families from Modesto took time to get family portraits in their new home. Gazing at his family posing in an almond orchard, Adnan Alnabosi from Syria said, “I’m so happy to be in a safe place.”

Read the fourth installment of our Youth Voices, written by Edom Fissehaye, a recent graduate from Richland Collegiate High School.

The IRC in Richmond staff is working remotely, while remaining in regular contact with our clients.