A displaced mother in Lebanon works to care for her children amid crisis and instability. Learn how IRC support is helping ...
In Kansas City and other offices across the country, the IRC helps them to rebuild their lives. Who are refugees? Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have ...
IRC CEO and President, David Miliband, addressed the European Parliament: The International Rescue Committee works in the hardest places in the world. Our mission is to help people survive, recover, ...
Six months on from the ‘ceasefire’, IRC warns that Gaza’s deepening humanitarian catastrophe cannot be forgotten as world’s ...
Beirut, Lebanon, April 10, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that intensified Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon are driving a sharp rise in civilian harm, displacement and ...
New York, NY, April 1, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is warning today that the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could pose an exponentially greater threat to global food ...
Population: 120.8 million 28.6 million people in need of humanitarian aid 20 million people estimated to be experiencing food insecurity 3.5 million people internally displaced 31.9 million people ...
New York, March 4, 2026 — For the humanitarian sector, artificial intelligence arrives wrapped in paradox. On the one hand, the promise is enormous: tools that can translate across languages instantly ...
The world watched in shock as the Russian military invaded Ukraine on February 24 and began targeting homes, hospitals, bridges and schools. More than 7.7 million people—mostly women and children—have ...
A new report published by the International Rescue Committee details what violence against women actually looked like after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, across 15 African countries. Interviews ...
Each year, the International Rescue Committee releases a list of the 20 humanitarian crises expected to deteriorate the most over the next year. For the past decade, this report has helped us ...