In mid July, I returned from Venezuela, where I was deployed as part of the IRC's emergency response team, supporting communications and media efforts. We had just marked three weeks since the ...

Bogota, Colombia, August 10, 2026 — A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia earlier today, leaving at least 110 people dead and nearly 100 injured. International Rescue Committee (IRC) ...

Can you guess these countries and regions around the world by their outlines on a map? Use your geographical expertise to reveal the locations highlighted and learn important things you should know ...

This training is designed to assist community organisations, charities and others supporting refugee children and youth in the UK. Crisis and conflict have direct and profound effects on one's ...

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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Utah would like to invite you to join our Warm Welcome Winter Clothing Drive! By donating clean, new or like-new winter clothing, you are supporting newly ...

6.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance 2.1 million people are internally displaced 46 locations under siege of nonstate armed groups 40% of people live below the poverty line Support ...

In January 1933, Adolf Hitler, the head of the Nazi party, became chancellor of Germany. Within two months, the Nazis had gained virtually total control of the country and had begun what would be a 12 ...

Khartoum, Sudan, May 27, 2025, May 27, 2025 — Khartoum, Sudan, May 27, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is gravely concerned by the alarming resurgence of cholera in Khartoum State and ...

NY, New York, October 29, 2025 — The IRC warns today that hundreds of thousands of people are in grave danger in and around El Fasher. Despite reports of large numbers of families attempting to flee ...

Aden, Yemen, January 19, 2026 — People of Yemen are starving in silence, warns the International Rescue Committee (IRC), as funding reductions and ongoing insecurity compounds crisis. Yemen is ...

Amman, Jordan, December 16, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) released its annual Emergency Watchlist, identifying the 20 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crises in 2026.