3 last-minute Valentine's Day gifts from the heart
Header Image This Valentine’s Day, show your loved one that your heart is with humanity by giving a Rescue Gift. This Valentine’s Day, show your loved one that your heart is with humanity by giving...
View ArticleFrom refugee to fashion model: David Deng Duot shares his journey
Header Image Photo: IRC Kulsoom Rizvi Struggling with the legacy of life as a refugee from war, 24-year-old Sudanese David "Deng" Duot, found solace in fashion. For David “Deng” Duot, fashion is his...
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Header Image Team Rescue is committed to supporting the IRC’s life-saving work to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of...
View ArticleHighlights: The IRC at New York Fashion Week [STORIFY]
Header Image Photo: Getty Images The IRC hosts New York Fashion Week Pop-Up featuring chef Marco Canora’s bone broth and a photo exhibit from Sudanese model Nykhor Paul. On Feb. 13 and 14, the...
View ArticleThe IRC welcomes the reopening of schools closed by Ebola
Header Image Photo: Erika Perez-Leon/IRC Kulsoom Rizvi Schools in Sierra Leone will reopen March 30, while neighboring Liberia welcomed back its students this week. The International Rescue Committee...
View ArticleUkraine crisis: the IRC's humanitarian response [STORIFY]
Header Image An International Rescue Committee emergency team is in eastern Ukraine to respond to an alarming rise in humanitarian needs amid reports of growing violence. An International Rescue...
View ArticleFleeing violence in Nigeria: photos, updates [STORIFY]
Header Image In Nigeria and Niger, the IRC is providing emergency support to thousands of people fleeing a violent insurgency that has plagued the region. IRC country director Matias Meier is tweeting...
View ArticleDavid Miliband on Ebola, Syria and other humanitarian crises [VIDEO]
Header Image As part of the Talks@GS speaker series, IRC president David Miliband recently discussed the Ebola and Syria crises, and the IRC’s mission to provide relief and development operations in...
View ArticleEbola Crisis: Latest updates from the front lines
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The IRC has been at the forefront of the fight to combat the spread of the deadly Ebola virus since the first cases were diagnosed in Liberia and Sierra Leone in...
View ArticleWhooping cough outbreak threatens children in Ebola-stricken Liberia
Header Image Photo: IRC As Liberia continues its fight against Ebola, another highly infectious disease is threatening young children. by Veronica Millsread more
View ArticleAre we ignoring Ebola’s lessons?
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The IRC has published a set of recommendations on next steps in stopping an outbreak like Ebola in the future. Nearly a year after the deadliest Ebola outbreak to...
View ArticleIRC president David Miliband's remarks on Ebola at Brussels conference, March...
I am delighted to contribute to this important conference. I congratulate the EU on this initiative and its commitment to West Africa. The International Rescue Committee is proud to have worked in...
View ArticleNew waves of refugees flee violence in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
Header Image Photo: Sophia Jones/IRC Sophia Jones Thousands of Sudanese refugees from the Nuba Mountains are arriving in the border town of Yida, in Unity State, to escape ongoing fighting between...
View Article4 ways to keep children safe from Ebola
Header Image Photo: Erika Perez-Leon/IRC Kulsoom Rizvi The Ebola outbreak, which has left more than 9,000 people dead, forced schools across Sierra Leone and Liberia to close for almost a year. As...
View ArticleIdentifying Stories and Sharing Them Well
Identifying Stories and Sharing Them Well Strategic storytelling can significantly improve reach and resources, but only if everyone in an organization understands its value and the need to invest....
View ArticleWith the threat of constant shelling, families in Ukraine try to live a...
Header Image Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC Tyler Jump The IRC's Tyler Jump visits families escaping intense fighting in eastern Ukraine. “All the schools are destroyed, all the kindergartens are destroyed....
View ArticleQuoted: Working to bring Ebola to zero
Header Image Photo: Lucy Carrigan/IRC The IRC's Lucy Carrigan shares her impression of the people she met in Sierra Leone and Liberia who are working to ensure that once they see Ebola out the door,...
View ArticleAn IRC clinic gives hope to Syrian refugee women in need of health care
Header Image Photo: Anna Kim/IRC Anna Kim With reproductive health services scarce, an IRC-run clinic in Jordan is making sure Syrian refugee women receive the care they need. Millions of women and...
View ArticleThe IRC wins a Social Good Award for its Syria documentary
Escaping Syria Header Image The IRC's new documentary film, "Escaping Syria," shows the daily struggle of four Syrian families living in Iraq’s largest refugee camp, Domiz, and one of Lebanon’s...
View ArticleEbola Crisis: Latest updates from the front lines
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The IRC has been at the forefront of the fight to combat the spread of the deadly Ebola virus since the first cases were diagnosed in Liberia and Sierra Leone in...
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