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Mother and child, Congo Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC
CONGO: Forgotten Crisis

Watch on 60 MINUTES: Conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken the lives of 5.4 million people since 1998. The IRC is a lifeline to millions of people in Congo's violence-torn villages.

AFGHANISTAN: The right to learn

Two decades of conflict have not only destroyed Afghanistan's bricks and mortar, but have torn its social fabric and created a long-lasting education crisis.  An entire generation has grown up with virtually no education.

New Roots Community Farm, San Diego Photo: The IRC
First Harvest

Millions of people around the world are uprooted from their homes by war and disaster. In San Diego, refugees from eight countries who have lost everything are working together to create something new.  

Julie is one of countless women who have been raped during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC.
Ending violence against women

Join the IRC and people from around the world in speaking out against violence against women during the "16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence" (Nov. 25 - Dec. 10). 

Iraqi Refugees

A flawed US Refugee Admissions Program is resettling Iraqi refugees into poverty rather than helping rebuild their lives in the country that offered them sanctuary. The IRC calls for an overhaul of the system.

 

 

Helen Samuels

Helen Samuels says that the IRC has given her the opportunity of a new and better life in the United States. Her dream now is to return to the Thailand-Burma border and help her fellow Burmese refugees.


For over 75 years, the IRC has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family of refugees, staff, leaders and supporters.
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Go behind the scenes of the IRC's lifesaving work with two award-winning IRC photographers.
Watch our archived webcast here >

 


Simon and Panther in their own words

When Panther got off the plane in New York City to record this interview, he still wasn't sure that it would really be his old, dear friend, and fellow Lost Boy, Simon meeting him there.
Hear his story >


For over 75 years, the IRC has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family of refugees, staff, leaders and supporters.
Hear more IRC voices >


Go behind the scenes of the IRC's lifesaving work with two award-winning IRC photographers.
Watch our archived webcast here >

 

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Pakistan
People are returning to villages that have been damaged or destroyed by the fighting between the Pakistani army and Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan. The IRC is helping them rebuild their homes and communities.
Special Report >


Somali Refugees
Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia have poured across the border into Kenya to flee violence and drought. But now malnutrition and a severe lack of food in eastern Kenya is threatening refugees and Kenyans alike.
Full Story >


Iraqi Refugees
The war in Iraq has uprooted millions of Iraqi men, women and children. The IRC is delivering vital aid to thousands of displaced families in Iraq, Jordan and Syria and helping Iraqi refugees rebuild their lives in the United States.
Full Story >


Help us reach out $1 million matching gift goal.

Friends of the IRC will match up to $1 million of online gifts now through December 31, 2009.

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