Enrolls more than 20,000 out of school children in areas affected by extremist violence

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The IRC in Wichita partnered with two local organizations, ICT SOS and The Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center (WASAC) to train local refugee women about staying safe in America.

This brief focuses on the IRC-led analysis of the cost to the implementing partner. Costs to caregivers is also described.

“The IRC and Brookings Center for Universal Education share insights from scaling an early childhood education initiative in Jordan that supports young children displaced by crisis”

Education has the power to protect children and help them heal during a crisis, say IRC overseer Caroline Kennedy and senior education director Sarah Smith. But roughly half of Venezuelan refugee children in Colombia are not in school.

As part of the Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) initiative, with start-up funding from Dubai Cares, we worked to develop, provide and evaluate complementary education programs to children enrolled in public schools in Lebanon, Niger and Sierra Leone.

'Ahlan Simsim' is a new, local, Arabic-language version of 'Sesame Street' designed to help young refugees in the Middle East cope with crisis. It's part of a larger education partnership between the International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop.