On Saturday, September 14, 2017 the International Rescue Committee in Silver Spring and Play-Well TEKnologies invited refugee youth, their families and the local community to come together for a day revolving around connection, community, and most importantly, play. Refugee youth and their families built their hometowns and countries out of LEGO bricks, and then the local community was invited to build Washington, DC with them out of 40,000 LEGOs.

Former client and current staff member, Sian Khai, purchases his family's first home.

One of the many services offered by the Immigration department at the IRC in San Diego is a free Citizenship Test Preparation Course to help individuals learn the material they will need to know in order to pass the United States citizenship examination. 

The IRC in NY is now implementing the IRC's new subsidiary initiative, the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), to connect refugees and asylees to a range of affordable financial products that can accelerate clients' upward economic mobility.

Anita Adhikari writes for the sixth installment of the Youth Voices series, recollecting her favorite days of summer vacation in Nepal.

The IRC in NY's Economic Empowerment team created a Small Business Workshop series to serve entrepreneurial clients.

In response to the Coronavirus outbreak, the IRC is moving ahead with some changes to our programs and operations in order to help prevent the spread of the illness in our community and to protect the health of our clients, onsite partners, volunteers, and staff.

Kate and Jeff Gibbons of Elmore County Eyecare bring a free eye clinic to the IRC in Boise, fitting almost 30 refugees and immigrants with a new pair of glasses.

Help make refugees welcome this holiday season! Your contribution will help families in more ways than one.

Like all immigrant populations, Black immigrants' contributions to science, art, food, sports and more are part of the history and development of the United States.