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How the launch of Healing Spaces is helping to build brighter futures in the UK
Launched in May 2022, the IRC’s Healing Classrooms approach helps schools and teachers to develop inclusive and nurturing environments where refugee and asylum seeking children can gain the necessary skills to reach their full potential.
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- May 15, 2024
What do Syrians need after the Idlib attack?
The International Rescue Committee is horrified at the scenes from Idlib province, northern Syria, where around 100 people—including children—are reported dead after a suspected chemical gas attack on April 4.
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- September 29, 2022
Pakistan floods: What's happened and how to help
The floods in Pakistan have killed over 1,100 people, including nearly 360 children and a third of the country is underwater.
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- September 8, 2022
Meet Nurad, the farmer rebuilding her life after climate disaster
Nurad’s life was upended when water engulfed her home. She escaped with her children, but lost her home, her farm and her livelihood. Using cash assistance, Nurad can feed her family and begin to rebuild her life.
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- November 24, 2023
What it’s like to be a mother fleeing Ukraine
Two months ago, sisters Marta* and Oksana* lived peaceful lives in the same Ukrainian town where they were born, married and spent their entire lives. They both have young children–four between them, ages 9 to 15–and their families were happy, content and prosperous.
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- August 24, 2022
Meet Kristine: a designer bringing something special to the everyday
Hardship led Kristine to leave her home in Latvia with her family six years ago. Today, she lives with her husband and two children in Nuremberg, Germany and is proud to provide a better life for them through her small business.
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- November 3, 2022
Life in the UK after fleeing Ukraine two years on
As we mark a decade of conflict in Ukraine and two years since the war escalated, we share the inspiring stories of the Ukrainian families we have assisted. We reflect on their resilience and bravery as they build new communities, enroll their children in local schools and start brand new careers.
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- May 13, 2024
Germany
The International Rescue Committee is supporting government and local nonprofit agencies in Germany as they assist more than 1 million people fleeing conflict. We're sharing our expertise in education for refugee children and youth, the special protection needs of women fleeing crisis, and ways to prepare refugees to join the workforce and contribute to their new communities.
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A skateboarder from Kabul learns there is nothing she can't achieve
An instructor at a non-profit that teaches skateboarding to children, Belqisa’s dreams of pro-competition were put on hold when she had to escape Afghanistan. Now she’s seizing a chance for a new start.
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- June 30, 2022
David Miliband on the Global Child Malnutrition Crisis
Donate today and help support families in crisis zones. Malnutrition isn’t just hunger. It’s a life-threatening condition that can rob children of the opportunity to live full and healthy lives. The International Rescue Committee believes that we can help the over 45 million children suffering from acute malnutrition every year and save the lives of nearly a million children over the next decade.
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- June 28, 2024