International Rescue Committee
With World Refugee Day only two days away, we’re thinking about how people support each other in times of crisis.
Crisis creates distance—from home, from safety, from rebuilding a life. But humani...
Two months into war, civilians across Lebanon are facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis. What we’re seeing on the ground is devastating: families forced from their homes, health systems un...
This is how real humanitarian workers inspired IRC ambassador Sepideh Moafi on The Pitt.
Sepideh recently sat down with Sherine Ibrahim, who leads the IRC's work in the Middle East and North Afric...
Sepideh recently sat down with Sherine Ibrahim, who leads the IRC's work in the Middle East and North Africa. Together, they talked about how Sepideh’s experiences with the IRC’s humanitarian work ...
Syria is called “post conflict” but the scars remain all over the country.
IRC's David Miliband recently visited Homs, which took huge hits during the Syrian civil war, and met with people who h...
International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband speaks with Deputy Director for Communications Basma Alloush about the situation on the ground in Lebanon.
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Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in Lebanon as bombing and violence intensify. But need already outpaces the amount of available shelter and resources, and even more...
2025 was a challenging year—but because of your generosity, families around the world didn’t face it alone.
Join the International Rescue Committee (IRC) on a whirlwind “Thank You Tour” across the...
The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
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Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody recently had the chance to meet Mohammed Mansour, nutrition lead for the International Rescue Committee in Gaza. They learned what it’s like in Gaza right now and w...
As the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to worsen every day, more and more families suffer from malnutrition and food insecurity—including those of humanitarian workers.
Mandy Patinkin an...
As the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to worsen every day, more and more families suffer from malnutrition and food insecurity—including those of humanitarian workers.
Mandy Patinkin an...
Together, we defy the odds.
The people the International Rescue Committee serves are facing unprecedented humanitarian crises—and we are stepping up to the challenge. In the world’s most difficult...
Meet Faiz and his son Wasiqullah. Separated when they were forced to flee their home in Afghanistan, they hadn’t seen each other in years. This is the story of how they were reunited.
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In this challenging year, International Rescue Committee supporters have been there, day in and day out, helping people in crisis survive, recover and rebuild their lives. Because of our supporters...
Read the Emergency Watchlist http://rescue.org/watchlist2025
Each year, The International Rescue Committee releases its Emergency Watchlist highlighting the 20 countries at risk of new or worsenin...
With over three million children under the age of five experiencing acute malnutrition annually, Afghanistan has faced a persistent hunger crisis that has remained at catastrophic levels for the la...
Forced to flee Haiti alone after an attempted attack on her home, Michelda sought safety in Mexico. Here, she found hope through the IRC’s Resilient Futures Program, supported by the Citi Foundatio...
Displacement can happen to any one of us when war and disaster strikes. This is exactly what you’re about to watch: moments when people forced to flee their homes due to war and conflict arrive in ...
After a year of escalating conflict, none of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are fully functioning, with only 17 able to operate at all.
Israeli airstrikes, bombing and ground-level fighting have killed more...