Site search | The IRC

1071 Results Showing results 1021-1030

Internship Opportunities in Tucson
The IRC’s Tucson office has a variety of internship opportunities throughout the year!
- Announcement
- September 13, 2024
Mad Hops for Humanity
After learning about the global refugee crisis through their church, local couple Spencer and Heather Darrington decided to do something big to help refugees. In four months, they've raised an incredible $40,000 for local families. Here is their inspiring story.
- Announcement
- September 1, 2017
An asylum seeker’s dangerous journey to safety
Ivan travelled thousands of miles from Venezuela to the U.S.-Mexico border only to be turned away.
- Article
- August 21, 2023
How to support refugees in Salt Lake City
We provide many opportunities to get involved and send a message of hope to refugees in our community.
- Announcement
- October 22, 2024
Syrian refugees: "We risked our lives for our children"
Meet Mustapha and his wife Safaa, who risked their lives in hope of finding safety for their young children in Europe. The family of four fled from the warravaged city of Aleppo to Turkey and then took the dangerous boat journey to the Greek island of Lesbos. Mustafa is aware of the backlash against refugees that has engulfed Europe since the Nov.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
This 10-year-old artist wants to find a safe place to paint again
An aspiring artist, Farhad Nouri has many hopes and dreams, but most of all, he wants a place he can call home, a place to feel welcomed.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Mandy Patinkin with Syrian refugees: "Just give them a welcome"
Actor and activist Mandy Patinkin recently witnessed firsthand the refugee crisis engulfing Europe. Alongside International Rescue Committee aid workers in Greece, he met families who had fled Syria and other wartorn countries in hopes of finding a better life for their children in Europe. “Standing with them, I did not see strangers to be feared but the faces and stories of my own family.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
A Syrian ten year old’s decade in a refugee camp
Meet Nawras, a Syrian 10 year old in Jordan whose name means “seagull” and whose best friend is a rooster.
- Article
- August 12, 2022
"I, in fact, was a refugee"
In this video, former U.S. Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright (1997-2001) and Henry Kissinger (1973-1977) share their own refugee stories with the International Rescue Committee.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
The hands that make a home
Meet Shakira, Julia, Nelson, Jamila, Suzan and Bijou—six entrepreneurs who are rebuilding their lives in Uganda, a country that hosts more than 1.2 million refugees.
- Article
- July 21, 2022