PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Gina, Kristina and Roxanne live in Vallee de Bourdon, an impoverished neighborhood wedged into a steep valley just outside Port-au-Prince. The many tents and makeshift shelters among its sprawl of concrete block homes are constant reminders of the massive... More >
We're honoured that the Global Journal ranked the International Rescue Committee #5 in its Top 100 Best NGOs list, noting our "flawless reputation as one of the most reliable, fast-acting, and transparent... More >
Jen Steele is the International Rescue Committee’s education programme officer. She is based in New York.
My IRC colleagues and I know that children affected by crisis, whether war or natural disaster, need help restoring a sense of normalcy and safety in... More >
SINDH PROVINCE, Pakistan - Farmers who lost their rice crops in the record floods of 2010 transplant seedlings from an International Rescue Committee paddy to be replanted in their own fields. The IRC has supplied seed and fertiliser, and funded the repair of irrigation culverts... More >
At the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya — where the International Rescue Committee provides lifesaving services to refugees fleeing the drought and famine in Somalia — there has been a four-fold increase in reports of sexual violence since the start of the crisis in June.
NORTH KIVU, Democratic Republic of Congo - Photographer Aubrey Wade met primary school teacher Uwizera Desange when he was documenting the International Rescue Committee’s work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been engulfed by conflict... More >
By Jane Yang Dadaab, Kenya - Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. International Rescue Committee grants intern Jane Yang writes about how the... More >
Heavy rains falling on the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya are providing some relief from the devastating drought that has driven tens of thousands of Somalis to the camp to seek help.
But that relief comes at a price: This year the rainy season has brought with it an outbreak of cholera,... More >
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Four months into the famine crisis in Somalia, the International Rescue Committee is continuing to provide desperately needed health care to more than 40,000 people in Mogadishu, the Somali capital left in ruins by 21 years of civil war.
