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What is humanitarian aid and why is it important?
Humanitarian aid saves millions of lives each year and creates a safer world. Learn more about what it is, why it’s important and what you can do to help.
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- February 10, 2025
How the IRC makes the most out of every pound
Humanitarian needs are skyrocketing, with 339 million people expected to need assistance by 2024—a 400% increase in five years. At the IRC, we tackle this challenge through innovation and cost-effectiveness, ensuring every pound spent delivers maximum impact.
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- February 10, 2025
What is gender-based violence – and how do we prevent it?
In crisis, the risk of GBV increases, and so does our collective need to act to prevent GBV before it happens or respond to the needs of women and girls when it does.
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- October 27, 2023
How we use evidence
This wise recommendation from Albert Einstein represents the International Rescue Committee’s strong commitment to research, evaluation and learning. Appropriately, it comes from the great scientist and humanitarian at whose suggestion our organisation was founded in 1933. More than 80 years later, our work is driven by equal parts of passion and proof, ideals and ideas.
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How we use evidence
The important thing is to not stop questioning. This wise recommendation from Albert Einstein represents the International Rescue Committee’s strong commitment to research, evaluation and learning. Appropriately, it comes from the great scientist and humanitarian at whose suggestion our organisation was founded in 1933.
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What is famine? What causes it, and how to stop it
Over 22 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya—about half of them children—are at risk of famine. But what is famine and how do we prevent it?
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- August 23, 2023
What are safe routes for refugees? Four common myths explained
What are these ‘safe routes’ in the UK and how do they work? We explain four myths that threaten the safety of refugees...
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- October 2, 2024
What do people trapped in Ukrainian cities need?
While over 4 million refugees have already fled Ukraine, millions more people remain trapped and in need of aid with their cities under attack.
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- June 30, 2022
The facts about people seeking asylum, benefits and the right to work
What benefits can asylum seekers claim? And do refugees and asylum seekers get free housing? With so much misinformation about claiming asylum in the UK, we are exploring the realities...
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- October 15, 2024
What Ukrainians need to survive winter
Find out what Ukrainians need to survive winter and what the IRC is doing to help.
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- November 6, 2023