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New classrooms will be safe havens for children growing up in a Tanzanian...
Header Image Photo: Katelin Wilton/IRC With new classrooms and innovative approaches to teaching, the IRC is improving education for children growing up in Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania.By Katelin...
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Humanitarian crisis in Iraq deepens, over 2 million people displaced
Header Image Photo: Rachel Unkovic/IRC The humanitarian crisis continues in Iraq, where an estimated 650,000 people fled escalating violence in June. More than one million people have been uprooted...
View ArticleSex lives of aid workers? It's not a humanitarian agency’s role to ensure...
The sex lives of humanitarians A little more openness in talking about the sex life of humanitarians? Yes. There to facilitate or accommodate horny workers? No. By: Luc Ferran and Ashley AllchurchA...
View ArticleThis week's Rescue Roundup
Weekly Rescue Roundups highlight recent stories, photos, videos and commentary by the International Rescue Committee and its experts. [View the story "Weekly Rescue Roundups " on Storify]Weekly Rescue...
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Peacekeepers due in Central African Republic in September; must be properly...
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The United Nations is on course to deploy 10,000 peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) in September, Herve Ladsous, head of the UN’s peacekeeping...
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In Congo, "educating girls is educating a nation"
Educating girls is educating a nation Header Image Photo: Tamara Leigh/IRC Tamara Leigh In the Democratic Republic of Congo, girls lacking in educational opportunities are at risk of early marriage...
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Fourth Annual GenR Summer Party in NYC
Header Image Photo: Getty Images Against the backdrop of a perfect summer evening, almost 300 guests gathered on July 16 for the Fourth Annual GenR Summer Party at David Burke Garden in New York City's...
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Investing in girls: The IRC at the Girls Summit
Header Image Photo: Tamara Leigh/IRC The International Rescue Committee joins the global movement to end child, early and forced marriage and forced genital mutilation for all girls within a...
View ArticleRefugees graduate from The Bread Project [Podcast]
The Bread Project empowers individuals with limited resources on their path to self-sufficiency. The organization recently partnered with the International Rescue Committee to enroll refugees in its...
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On this day, the IRC was born
Header Image Photo: Library of Congress Today, the International Refugee Committee turns 81. The IRC was founded in July 1933 at the request of German-born physicist Albert Einstein who was deeply...
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Adolescent refugee girls in Tanzania at the forefront of change
Header Image Photo: Kathryn Paik/WRC The International Rescue Committee works with 380 Congolese adolescent girls in Tanzania's Nyarugusu refugee camp, building their life and leadership skills....
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Danielle de Niese joins IRC Voices
Header Image“I am honored to be able to use my voice to help raise awareness and support for some of the world’s most vulnerable, both the challenges they face and their incredible resilience and...
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IRC supporter swims for a cause
Header Image Photo: Turkish Olympic Committee Betsy Blumenthal, IRC Overseer and longtime supporter of the International Rescue Committee, participated in a four-mile swim race in Istanbul to raise...
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An incomplete prescription
An incomplete prescription Header ImageEmmanuel d'Harcourt What is most troublesome about MSF's new report is the presumption that the only solution to humanitarian crisis is intervention by foreign...
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Iraq crisis: Latest aid worker updates [Video, Storify]
Header Image Photo: IRC Hundreds of thousands of people have fled new violence in Iraq and many have sought sanctuary in the northern Kurdish region. Follow our Iraq Crisis Storify feature to get the...
View ArticleThe World Humanitarian Summit and the challenge of humanitarian response in...
Challenges of humanitarian response in urban settings Like much of the sector, the International Rescue Committee increasingly operates not in camps, but in cities and towns. The urban environment...
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In photos: how the IRC rescues lives
Header Image Photos: Peter Biro/IRC At work today in over 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, the IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. A...
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Thousands of new Pakistani refugees in Afghanistan are desperate for shelter...
Header Image Nearly a million people have been forced to leave their homes in North Waziristan, a region of northeast Pakistan, since June 14. The IRC is responding to immediate needs, providing people...
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Take Action: Help children seeking safety in the U.S.
Header Image Photo: Getty Images Rising violence has forced children as young as three years old from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to trek through Mexico to reach the U.S. border. In response to...
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As thousands flee in droves, the IRC delivers urgent aid to Iraqis uprooted...
Header Image Photo: Rachel Unkovic/IRC Kulsoom Rizvi As the humanitarian crisis in Iraq deepens, the IRC continues to provide vital support to thousands of families forced from their homes by the...
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