The International Rescue Committee is launching an emergency measles vaccination campaign targeting thousands of refugee children in Hagadera camp to contain an outbreak of the disease at the massi...
An assessment by the International Rescue Committee of uprooted Pakistanis living outside the camp system in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province shows many are living in “appalling” conditions....
The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program is outdated and under-funded and is resettling Iraqi refugees into poverty rather than helping rebuild their lives in the country that offered them sanctuary, sa...
A new survey commissioned by the IRC and the Association of Volunteers in International Service (AVSI), an Italian-based nongovernmental development organization, shows that an alarming number of c...
As part of its programs to assist Pakistanis displaced by the current fighting, the IRC has launched a project to address the urgent need for sanitation and cooking fuel on the part of 20,000 peopl...
Hundreds of thousands of desperate people are still fleeing violence every day, as fighting continues in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. Meanwhile, the Pakistani army has expanded its offe...
After more than 28 years of providing vital humanitarian assistance in northern Sudan, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has officially closed out its activities in the wake of mass aid agen...
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Around 40 million children currently out of school worldwide live in countries affected by conflict and instability. Ensuring that such children don’t miss out on a quality education is vital to th...
As Somalia faces its worst drought in a decade, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is stepping up efforts to provide more and cleaner water to tens of thousands of Somalis in affected communi...
As fighting between the Pakistani army and Taliban militants intensifies in the Swat Valley, hundreds of thousands of people are still trapped in the combat zone. The International Rescue Committee...
As fighting between the Pakistani army and Taliban militants intensifies in the Swat Valley and other volatile areas of north-western Pakistan, the IRC is responding to the urgent humanitarian need...
Amid growing fears of a humanitarian catastrophe, the IRC is preparing to bring aid to thousands of displaced Tamils in camps in northern Sri Lanka. Some 150,000 people have fled the recent flare-u...
Helping a mother helps her entire family. IRC gift baskets give hope to refugee families in need across the US and around the world.
As the latest piracy attacks off the coast of Somalia grab headlines and international donors meet in Brussels to discuss the security situation, attention and funding must not be diverted from the...
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