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Talking to kids about mental health
How can I speak to children about their mental health? How can I support children with their mental health? The IRC's Healing Classrooms approach could help.
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- April 8, 2024
IRC calls for urgent action to combat climate shocks in conflict-affected, climate-vulnerable states in West Africa
- Press Release
- December 5, 2023
The IRC partners with the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance and LVMH to implement a new cotton production and land restoration project in Chad
- Press Release
- April 21, 2023
Strategy100: Empowering people in crisis and beyond
Since the International Rescue Committee (IRC) was first founded at the request of Albert Einstein in 1933, our global team of more than 17,000 staff have helped people upended by conflict and crisis to survive, recover, and regain control of their lives. Today we work in more than 40 countries and over 20 U.S.
How to talk to kids about trauma
For children who witness conflict or crisis from a young age, it can have a lasting impact on their ability to thrive in educational and social settings.
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- April 8, 2024
Crisis in Haiti: Gang violence’s vice grip amidst political turmoil
Haiti features on the IRC’s Emergency Watchlist for the third year in a row. Here’s why.
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- June 5, 2024
Refugee facts and statistics
Looking for the facts and statistics about refugees and asylum seekers? Millions of people are displaced worldwide due to conflict, violence, and persecution. At the same time, a lack of safe pathways forces many people to make dangerous journeys just to find safety. Here are 12 facts about refugees and asylum seekers around the world and in the UK…
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- June 5, 2024
Rwanda Plan explained: Why the UK Government should rethink the scheme
The UK and Rwanda have signed an agreement for the UK to deport people seeking asylum in Britain to Rwanda. The UK Government should be protecting and welcoming asylum seekers and refugees, not sending them miles away.
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- June 17, 2024
Greece
Greece currently hosts approximately 50,000 refugees, most of whom will remain in the country. The International Rescue Committee ensures these refugees understand their rights and provides them with job training, and psychosocial support so that they can rebuild their lives.
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South Sudan
The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to South Sudanese who are struggling to recover from decades of civil war and life-threatening food shortages.
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