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Give light, warmth, hope and more: our most popular gifts
Header Image Thousands of Rescue Gifts have been given this holiday season and these are the ones that IRC supporters have given the most: warm blankets, solar lamps, a year of school, and more....
View ArticleNight plane to Juba: customer satisfaction in the aid business
The other night I was on a flight from Frankfurt to Addis, en route to Juba. It was past midnight and I was trapped somewhere between a futile attempt at sleep and a futile attempt to watch a bit of...
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South Sudan: World's youngest nation marks two years of war [Storify]
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Two years ago a political rivalry sparked a conflagration of ethnic violence in South Sudan, where thousands of people have been killed and some 2 million have been...
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Refugees fleeing to Europe: “If you stay, you will die”
Header Image Meet three refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq who are making a difficult journey to seek safety and a new home in Europe. Nearly one million refugees have reached Europe this year. Meet...
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A warm, safe welcome for refugees landing on Lesbos
Header Image The IRC is preparing to open a reception center in northern Lesbos, often the first stop for thousands of exhausted refugees seeking safety in Europe. The International Rescue Committee is...
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The difficult questions Syrian children ask their parents about the escape to...
Header Image Forcibly uprooted from their homes, millions of Syrian children are growing up knowing nothing but war and terror. The IRC spoke with six refugee families on the Greek island of Lesbos...
View ArticleGetting to “yes” in South Sudan
Nothing is easy in South Sudan, or with surveys, as I learned in my recent field visit with the IRC’s Client Voice and Choice Initiative. By Chloë Whitley, International Rescue Committee senior...
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Europe marks 1 million refugees
Header Image Tara Todras-Whitehill for the IRC A daunting humanitarian crisis has gripped the world: 2015 draws to a close with the news that one million refugees and migrants have fled to Europe for...
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The IRC responds to deadly cholera outbreak in Dadaab refugee camp
Header Image Photo: IRC Since November, hundreds of people including children have been infected with cholera, a highly contagious disease. With the onset of the rainy season, the IRC is concerned the...
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How refugee resettlement really works
Header Image Photo Laurence Mathieu-Leger/The Guardian The IRC supports newly arrived refugees to America by providing immediate aid, including food and shelter. Here's a closer look at the steps the...
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Imagine you had to flee your home [VIDEO]
Header Image This video narrated by actor and IRC supporter Mandy Patinkin puts you in the shoes of the 60 million people worldwide who are uprooted by war, conflict or persecution -- the greatest...
View ArticleA warm mother-son moment
In a photo recently posted to the IRC's Instagram account (@theIRC), Vivianne, fleeing Aleppo, Syria, shares a universal mother-son moment with her one-year-old son Elias on Lesbos, Greece. read more
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"Uprooted": Putting a face on the year's staggering refugee numbers
Header Image Right now some 60 million people are living in limbo, having been forced to flee their homes by war, conflict and persecution. Earlier this year the IRC launched a new publication on...
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The humanitarian stories you read and shared the most this year
Header Image Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC See the stories from Rescue.org you read and shared the most in 2015, a year that has seen more people uprooted by violence and persecution than at any time since...
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20 humanitarian crises you may have missed this year
Header Image As the refugee crisis in Europe continues to dominate news headlines, there are many countries left to struggle with conflict and natural disaster largely out of sight—and largely on their...
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Refugees from Vietnam to Iraq carve out a new life in America -- our latest...
Header Image Photo: Kathryn Rummel/IRC Refugees from Vietnam, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan who were resettled by the IRC in Northern California describe their plights, their dreams and the roads...
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A refugee in her own country
Header Image Photo: Timea Faustz/IRC In 1984, Raesa, just 14 years-old, left her family in Jordan and moved to Syria with her husband to start a new life. When civil war broke out 28 years later, Raesa...
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The girl in the pink coat
Header Image Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC Tyler Jump Mohammed and his wife, Rahima Karimi, fled their home in central Afghanistan with their four young children knowing their journey would be fraught with...
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Refugees in the U.S.: Latest IRC updates on Storify
Header Image The United States has a long tradition of offering refuge to those fleeing persecution and war. Get the latest updates on the IRC's refugee resettlement work in the U.S., including our...
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Refugee children tell of suffering in the hands of smugglers [VIDEO]
Header Image Eight-year-old twin sisters recount harrowing tales of the fearful journey they endured as they made their escape from violence Afghanistan. They are just two of the more than 1 million...
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