IRC launches a response with a local partner in Kenscoff as the community grapples with the latest in a series of gang attacks since last year. Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, September 3, 2026 — Recent ...
Bujumbura, Burundi, 10 June 2024 — Heavy rains triggered by El Niño, leading to widespread flooding and displacement, have severely impacted the lives of over 200,000 people in Burundi. Since ...
The International Rescue Committee provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in America. Each year, thousands of ...
For more than a decade, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) annual Emergency Watchlist has accurately predicted 85-95 percent of the countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian ...
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 ...
Heightened conflict and climate shocks are increasing humanitarian needs in Somalia as communities work to recover from the country’s most severe drought in four decades, which has reduced food ...
Yemen: As preventable diseases surge, the IRC launches strategy to boost childhood vaccination rates
Aden, Yemen, July 10, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC), in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Aden, has launched a new strategy to boost childhood ...
Each year, the International Rescue Committee releases a list of the 20 humanitarian crises expected to deteriorate the most over the next year. For the past decade, this report has helped us ...
Beirut, Lebanon, May 11, 2026 — Civilians across Lebanon are facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis marked by large-scale displacement, rising food insecurity, escalating health needs, and ...
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 ...
Violence, climate change, rising poverty, and COVID-19 are forcing thousands of people from northern Central America, Haiti, and other places in crisis to flee their homes. Many, including ...
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 ...
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