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Challenges to aid delivery in Niger continue as communities bear the impact of severe flooding and rising food prices, warns IRC
- Press Release
- October 2, 2023
RescueWorks
From Syria to Sacramento, RescueWorks invests in people and communities to enhance the skills, income and financial capabilities of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
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What Ukraine's children need amid the trauma of war
Addressing the unique needs of children is an important part of the IRC’s work with local partners inside Ukraine and in Poland, where over 2.9 million refugees from Ukraine have found shelter. Go inside our response.
- Article
- July 7, 2022
We asked the UK public if they are aware of the current drought crisis
“It’s shocking” - the UK public react to startling facts from the drought. The IRC took a film crew to Margate to see how much the public was aware of the devastating crisis that is unfolding. Watch to see how they reacted. Find out more about the crisis here.
- Video
- July 28, 2023
Supporting Refugees in the UK
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides specialist services for refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable migrants. Our UK programmes help people fleeing from war, violence and persecution in countries like Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Sudan and Iraq. We help new arrivals in the UK to navigate local services like healthcare and education and support them to find employment and gain the skills that will allow them to prosper in the UK.
The Ukrainian women challenging mental health stigma: “We need to rebuild a nation”
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.
- Article
- September 10, 2024
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.
- Article
- October 27, 2023
IRC and LEGO Foundation bring learning through play to East Africa
In areas affected by conflict or disaster, children are likely to miss out on learning opportunities. The IRC and LEGO Foundation are responding by providing learning through play activities to 800,000 young refugees and host community children in East Africa.
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United Kingdom
The International Rescue Committee provides integration support to refugees in England in partnership with local councils.
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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.
- What we do