Trump administration suspended refugee resettlement, canceled 10,000+ flights, terminated agency contracts, and cut ...

Learn how anticipatory action is enabling families in Somalia to care for their animals, send their children to school, and ...

Global aid faces a $25 billion funding crisis in 2024, leaving 300 million people without essential humanitarian support as major donors cut budgets. Thirteen countries—including Afghanistan, Yemen, ...

people are in need of humanitarian assistance.

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 ...

In 2024, the IRC reached more than 36.5 million people with evidence based, cost efficient, life changing programs in more than 40 countries around the world. From malnutrition treatment to child ...

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 ...

Dakar, Sénégal, June 20, 2024 — L'International Rescue Committee (IRC) tire la sonnette d'alarme face à l'escalade des besoins humanitaires de près de 9 millions de personnes en Afrique de l'Ouest qui ...

Ethiopia ranks on the IRC’s 2024 Emergency Watchlist as drought-stricken communities face the twin threats of conflict and the likelihood of El Niño-induced flooding. Although the ceasefire between ...

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 ...

7.1 million people in need of humanitarian aid More than 390,000 people internally displaced Approximately one million young children at risk of acute malnutrition Very high constraints on ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee analyzes 190 countries and territories to identify the countries at greatest risk of experiencing a new or worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming ...