As we observe our 75th anniversary this year, IRC president George Rupp is blogging about one moment from our rich history each month. You can read all his posts here.     Later this month, hundred...Continue Reading

Last night the International Rescue Committee presented our 2008 Freedom Award to Kofi A. Annan, president of the Global Humanitarian Forum and former Secretary-General of the United Nations, to honor...Continue Reading

While Uganda’s northeastern Karamoja region suffers serious food shortages, the country’s northern districts are slowly recovering from a civil war that rocked the East African nation for over two...Continue Reading

  Gina Bramucci continues her report from Kibati, Democratic Republic of Congo, as the camp refilled and the International Rescue Committee’s firewood distribution program restarted on Sunday. â€...Continue Reading

While Uganda’s northeastern Karamoja region suffers serious food shortages, the country’s northern districts are slowly recovering from a civil war that rocked the East African nation for over two...Continue Reading

Gina Bramucci is in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where International Rescue Committee staff were forced to call off an emergency distribution in progress last Friday due to active fight...Continue Reading

  President-elect Obama will be responsible for renewing America’s promise as a beacon of hope for refugees who are fleeing persecution and violence. We hope you will join the International Rescue ...Continue Reading

Joanne Offer is currently travelling in eastern Chad, near the Sudanese border, where the International Rescue Committee helps around 60,000 Darfuri refugees in two camps as well as local Chadian comm...Continue Reading

A guest post from Emily Stehr, who works with the International Rescue Committee in the Democratic Republic of Congo. People from every age group and every corner of the village are here. Elders are t...Continue Reading

  The International Rescue Committee is scaling up emergency humanitarian response in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province after intensified violence displaced an estimated 250,00...Continue Reading