This week's Rescue Roundup
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View ArticleTo be a kid again: Piper Perabo draws and plays with Syrian refugee children
Header Image Actress and IRC Voice Piper Perabo visits the IRC's work with Syrian refugee children in Beirut. In her personal blog on The Huffington Post she says, "I am going to Beirut. I am going as...
View Article#AreWeListening: ‘I’m afraid to go out’
Header Image Exploitation and harassment is a daily reality for Syrian women and girls. In our new report on Syrian women and girls, one in three Syrian refugee stated that they felt too scared or...
View ArticleSpecial feature: Are we listening to Syrian women and girls?
Header Image Take a look at our special feature based on a recent report that brings to light the voices of Syrian women and girls and the barriers they face. Experience a typical day through their...
View Article#AreWeListening: ‘I want my voice to be heard’
Header Image For Syrian refugees like Zaeemah, daily life is a desperate struggle. The IRC's new report sheds light on the chronic abuse and harassment experienced by Syrian women and girls over the...
View ArticleSyrian youth speak out on violence and discrimination [VIDEOS]
Refugee youth from Syria created a series of short animations during a film workshop organized by the International Rescue Committee in Jordan aimed at raising awareness about violence and...
View Article'L3' 101: The basics of level 3 emergencies
'L3' 101: The basics of level 3 emergencies Four crises — Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, and Central African Republic — have been designated as Level 3 (L3) emergencies. But what exactly does that...
View ArticleThe IRC to Afghanistan’s new president: Humanitarian aid needs attention now
Header Image Photo: Peter Bussian/IRC With the announcement of the new president of Afghanistan, the IRC calls the international community to fully commit to funding and delivering emergency relief to...
View ArticleFive things you need to know about the IRC's Ebola response [VIDEO]
Header Image IRC epidemiologist Ruwan Ratnayake talks about the IRC's emergency response to the Ebola outbreak. Donate to our Ebola crisis response and help save lives. Give Now.read more
View ArticleIn focus: climate change and humanitarian crisis [STORIFY]
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC As world leaders hold a summit meeting this week on climate change, learn how climate change and other environmental pressures are affecting the world's conflicts and...
View ArticleIn Congo, "we don't know what the future will bring"
Header Image Photo: Tamara Leigh/IRC A story in The Guardian features photos by Tamara Leigh of the IRC's work helping communities recover after the M23 uprising in eastern Democratic Republic of...
View Article“Famine” or “food crisis” in South Sudan? Saving lives matters more than labels
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Although famine has been averted in South Sudan, the IRC expresses concern with how the world’s newest country will cope in 2015. “While the food crisis in South...
View ArticleThe IRC’s work with Syrian women and girls [PHOTO ESSAY]
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Kulsoom Rizvi Women and girls fleeing Syria bear the brunt of the more than three-year conflict, yet their needs are often overlooked, and their voices lost. The IRC...
View ArticleDiscriminated against and marginalized, the men who clean up Haiti's pit...
Header Image IRC Anna Kim Bayakous are the men in Haiti who empty pit latrines for a living without benefit of health and safety standards, the protection of the law, or even fixed prices. Here is...
View ArticleThe IRC’s new report shows cash transfers work for refugees in emergencies
Header Image Photo: Ned Colt/IRC The IRC's new report evaluates the positive social and economic impact of emergency cash for refugees living in Lebanon. The International Rescue Committee released its...
View ArticleDon't abandon the 9 million Afghans in need; invest in their future
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Today is the inauguration of the new president of Afghanistan. IRC country director in Afghanistan Allen Greenway writes about the need for the new government to...
View ArticleInside the Syria crisis: Animation workshops for young refugees [VIDEO]
Header Image Watch as young Syrian refugees living in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan use stop-motion animation as a tool for self-expression. read more
View ArticleTracing Ebola: How it works [INFOGRAPHIC]
Header Image Photo: IRC Anna Kim In the fight against the deadliest outbreak of Ebola the world has ever seen, tracking the disease is vital to stopping it. This is how it works. ...Powered by Cincopa
View ArticleThe IRC to lead the countdown on New Years Eve in Times Square
Header Image Photo: IRC The IRC was announced today as the first-ever official charity partner for the annual New Year's Eve celebrations in New York's Times Square. The International Rescue Committee...
View ArticleThe IRC mourns the loss of colleague killed in road accident in Ethiopia
Header Image Photo: IRC The IRC is deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague Selahdin Mohamed, 33, who was killed in a road accident in southeastern Ethiopia on September 25. The International...
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