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IRC and partners launch PlayMatters 3.0 to expand Learning through Play across East Africa

New York, NY, June 29, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC), together with consortium partners Plan International and War Child Alliance, and with support from the LEGO Foundation, is ...
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David Miliband's address at the launch of John Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health

June 2, 2026 — IRC CEO and President, David Miliband, speaks at the launch of John Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health—Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict and Forced Displacement: This report ...
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Record-breaking floods are devastating Niger, Mali, and Nigeria, warns IRC

In Niger, over 841,000 people have been impacted by the floods, with more than 400,000 displaced and hundreds tragically losing their lives. Mali is facing its worst floods since the 1960s, with ...
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IRC and Ecuador's Ministry of Education Sign Agreement to Strengthen Education in Crisis Contexts

Quito, Ecuador, January 13, 2025 — In November 2024, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Ecuador's Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at ...
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Haiti: political instability, gang violence and disease

Haiti lands on the IRC’s 2023 Emergency Watchlist top 10 as political instability, gang violence, rising food insecurity and disease outbreaks escalate a humanitarian crisis. Since the assassination ...
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War and El Niño-driven drought deplete food stocks, pushing Sudan further towards famine, new data finds

El Niño-induced drought is compounding conflict and driving a growing risk of famine as conditions rapidly deteriorate in parts of Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, Sudan, warns the latest IPC ...
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IRC warns DRC Ebola outbreak likely far larger than official figures suggest

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 1, 2026 — The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is likely significantly larger and more advanced than official figures suggest, as ...
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The Rohingya Crisis: What to know and how to help

The Rohingya are a stateless minority facing ongoing persecution and violence in Myanmar. Violence against the Rohingya erupted in 2017, forcing over 700,000 to flee to Bangladesh. Now, more than 1.1 ...
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International Rescue Committee launches next phase of SCALE: a breakthrough tool to help governments & program implementers design cost-efficient malnutrition programs

New York, NY, December 5, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today announced the public launch of SCALE – Scenario Costing and Analysis for Large-scale Efficiency in Nutrition, an ...
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Half a million Rohingya children left without schooling in Bangladesh, as foreign aid freeze forces closure of learning centers

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, July 14, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is alarmed by the abrupt closure of learning centers in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, which will leave ...
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What is humanitarian aid and why is it important?

Every day, millions of people worldwide face life-threatening crises. Humanitarian aid is a vital lifeline that delivers a variety of essential services to those in need. But as global crises escalate ...
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The largest refugee resettlement effort in American history

When millions fled Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia after the fall of Saigon, the IRC was there to help them start anew in the U.S. On April 30, 1975, the army of North Vietnam rolled into Saigon, the ...