Trump administration suspended refugee resettlement, canceled 10,000+ flights, terminated agency contracts, and cut ...

Nearly every person in Gaza needs urgent humanitarian assistance. 1.9 million Palestinians have been displaced. All three thresholds of famine—catastrophic hunger, acute malnutrition, and mass ...

Update—July 19, 2022: With a catastrophic famine looming on the horizon across East Africa, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has released our first ever Crisis Alert update to our annual ...

On August 31, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, causing over 2,000 deaths, leaving thousands more injured across four provinces, and severely damaging homes and health ...

The IRC’s Center for Financial Opportunity (CFO) helps newcomers and other low-income individuals reach self-sufficiency by finding entry-level employment and progress to living wage jobs, learn basic ...

Learn how anticipatory action is enabling families in Somalia to care for their animals, send their children to school, and ...

The IRC is committed to helping people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, to survive, recover and gain control over their future. This often involves delivering ...

Sudan: More lives at risk as conflict spreads to parts of Al-Jazirah State, restricting access to aid, warns IRC ...

The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate rapidly as the country becomes more unstable. Already, around 550,000 people—80% of them women and children—have been displaced by ...

The IRC's 2025 Emergency Watchlist highlights the top 10 global crises, focusing on countries like Sudan, Syria, and Myanmar, where conflict, climate change, and economic instability exacerbate ...

Drought is caused by a lack of rainfall, causing serious water shortages. It can be fatal. Droughts can be triggered by natural causes and by human activity. The IRC is delivering life-saving support ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee analyzes 190 countries and territories to identify the countries at greatest risk of experiencing a new or worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming ...