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 ...

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 ...

The Women’s Resilience Center (WRC) is a safe, welcoming space dedicated to supporting newcomer women and girls as they rebuild their lives in San Diego. Through participant-driven programming, the ...

International Rescue Committee experts around the world and in our hubs in London, Brussels, New York and Washington are on-call to provide information and interviews about our global humanitarian aid ...

For generations, refugees have risen to meet the moment with resilience and determination. Now, as displacement reaches record levels and humanitarian support diminishes, it's our turn to meet the ...

Sarah Smith, Ed.D., is the senior director of education at the International Rescue Committee (IRC). She and her team establish the vision and direction for the IRC’s education programs around the ...

Nairobi, Kenya, February 11, 2026 — Zeleke Bacha, IRC West Sudan Director said, “The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is devastated that several hundred shelters have been burned down in a ...

In early 2025, the Trump administration cancelled roughly 83% of grants administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Other major donor governments, including the ...

Giving has never been easier; no matter where you live or work, you can support the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The IRC is a part of hundreds of state and local government workplace giving ...

The destruction and ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza has left 1.9 million people—around 90% of the population—internally displaced, many of them forced to flee multiple times. Among those displaced ...

Women and girls—particularly in places affected by crisis—face discrimination, violence, and a lack of equal opportunities that threaten their lives and rob them of their potential. But with the right ...

On Aug 4, 1940, a young editor named Varian Fry boarded a transatlantic flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York on his way to German-occupied France to lead a daring rescue operation. In 1940, ...