Kampala, Uganda
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is building on initial success to reduce child labour in northern Uganda by launching a new programme to further tackle the underlying poverty that forces many families to send their children out to work.
The IRC will work closely with... More >
The UK Government must do more to meet the ongoing acute needs of the most vulnerable people, uphold human rights and support recovery in Iraq, say a group of eight humanitarian and development organisations ahead of the appearance by International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander before the... More >
Port-au-Prince
Ednisse Georges's house in the Village Canarin neighbourhood used to have a small kitchen in an outdoor courtyard. When Ednisse went out to the kitchen on the afternoon of 12 January to prepare some grapefruit juice, her thirst wound up saving her life. When the earthquake suddenly... More >
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is building washing facilities and latrines for thousands of displaced Haitians living in makeshift outdoor settlements in the capital city.
Work on 20 latrines and 20 bathing stations has been completed at two settlements, including... More >
The International Rescue Committee is launching healing, recreational and protection programs for Haitian children and expanding efforts to reunite separated children with their families.
"Tens of thousands of Haitian children are homeless, traumatised, disoriented and distressed and those... More >
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is teaming up with Management Sciences for Health (MSH), the global nonprofit health development organisation, to respond to the relief effort in Haiti.
The IRC and MSH previously worked together in Pakistan after the 2005 earthquake and in Southern Sudan,... More >
The name of the International Rescue Committee is currently being used in an email scam purporting to seek donations for Haiti.
The email asks for donations to a joint appeal by the IRC with the United Nations World Food Programme. This is a fraudulent email and we do not have such an appeal with... More >
Anna Husarska writes from Port-au-Prince
From an airplane flying into the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, you see the extent of destruction from last week's earthquake and the mass displacement it has created.
Every park, every square, every athletics field, even large gardens are... More >
