Our work The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and over 20 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people.

Top tips and resources for setting up an effective buddy system in schools to support refugee and asylum-seeking students in the UK.

This online training consists of three 1hr 15min sessions that provide school staff with the basics of the Healing Classrooms Approach. Sessions feature case studies, discussions and good practice-sharing activities on how to best support refugee students in schools across the UK. In this training, you will:  Learn about the key psychological impacts of conflict, forced displacement and resettlement on children’s brain development, behaviour an

From our programming on the ground to our high-level advocacy work, here are six ways the IRC is supporting women and girls around the world. 

More than two years since the war escalated in Ukraine and ten years since it began, the impact of this conflict goes far beyond the borders of the country.