Thank you for your interest in welcoming refugees to your community. By volunteering with the IRC in Silver Spring, MD, you use your skills to help people who have fled violence and persecution to ...

The International Rescue Committee provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in America. Each year, thousands of ...

Every day, millions of people worldwide face life-threatening crises. Humanitarian aid is a vital lifeline that delivers a variety of essential services to those in need. But as global crises escalate ...

Bogota, Colombia, January 8, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is closely monitoring the evolving situation in Venezuela and stands ready to scale up our humanitarian response in ...

For more than a decade, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) annual Emergency Watchlist has accurately predicted 85-95 percent of the countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian ...

According to the United Nations, nearly 1.9 million Palestinians have been displaced since October 2023—many of them multiple times. Now, across Gaza, cold winds and rain are sweeping through ...

On August 31, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, causing over 2,000 deaths, leaving thousands more injured across four provinces, and severely damaging homes and health ...

The Rohingya are a stateless minority facing ongoing persecution and violence in Myanmar. Violence against the Rohingya erupted in 2017, forcing over 700,000 to flee to Bangladesh. Now, more than 1.1 ...

N'Djamena, Chad, May 15, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned by the humanitarian situation in Chad’s eastern regions which is reaching a breaking point. Chad has ...

people are in need of humanitarian assistance.

Cuts to U.S. aid for Afghanistan are forcing the shutdown of lifesaving IRC programs that provide food, health care, education and protection. Millions of Afghans are at greater risk of hunger, ...