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Watchlist Crisis Alert: Unnatural Disaster in East Africa
For the first time ever, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is putting out a crisis alert to its annual Emergency Watchlist report. The IRC is calling for urgent action in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, with specific concern for intensifying famine in Somalia that has been dangerously neglected by the international community. By the time a famine is officially declared later this year, it will be too late to save hundreds of thousands of lives.
- Report
- July 20, 2022
Economic wellbeing
Economic wellbeing means people have their most basic survival needs met and have sustainable income and assets so they can prosper. During and after crises, people may be forced to make short-term decisions to survive—such as pulling children out of school to work—that will have long-term negative consequences. The International Rescue Committee helps them meet immediate needs and build a brighter future.
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Yemen: Eight years of unresolved conflict deepen economic crisis
Here are four reasons why Yemen remains near the top of the International Rescue Committee's Watchlist of the worst humanitarian crises in 2023.
- Article
- July 21, 2023
Crisis in Afghanistan: Unprecedented hunger after the conflict
Here are five reasons the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Afghanistan as the country most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.
- Article
- September 22, 2022
From Humanitarian Response to Economic Recovery: recommendations for addressing acute needs and the root causes of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, state failure and economic collapse are now the primary drivers of a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding at breakneck speed. Unemployment and poverty are now the greatest drivers of internal displacement. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has been providing assistance in Afghanistan for three decades, working today in 11 provinces. We see firsthand that while humanitarian aid saves lives, it cannot replace a functioning economy and state.
- Report
- May 12, 2022
Crisis in Ethiopia: Climate change meets conflict
Here are five reasons the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Ethiopia as the country, after Afghanistan, most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.
- Article
- September 13, 2022
Crisis in Mali: What you need to know and how to help
Here are four reasons why the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Mali as one of the countries most at risk of experiencing a worsening humanitarian crisis in 2024.
- Article
- June 5, 2024
A Ukrainian couple remember their family's flight to safety
Andrii Kokorin and Mariia Borysova are living in the United Kingdom with their family after fleeing the war in Ukraine.
- Video
- August 10, 2023
South Sudan: Hunger, conflict and climate crisis
Four reasons why the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks South Sudan among the top 10 countries most at risk of experiencing a worsening humanitarian crisis in 2023.
- Article
- July 20, 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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