Tom Brokaw in Rwanda. Part 1
Traveling to Rwanda was a very special experience for me. Not only did I have the chance to learn about the IRC’s programs through the eyes of NBC newsman and co-chairman of the IRC Overseers Tom...
View ArticleTom Brokaw in Rwanda. Part 2
Traveling to Rwanda was a very special experience for me. Not only did I have the chance to learn about the IRC’s programs through the eyes of NBC newsman and co-chairman of the IRC Overseers Tom...
View ArticleWith Tom Brokaw in Rwanda - Part 3
From the IRC's Emily Holland: Traveling to Rwanda was a very special experience for me. Not only did I have the chance to learn about the IRC's programs through the eyes of NBC newsman and co-chairman...
View Article"In the Hot Zone": Interview with Kevin Sites
(October 2007) One of the world's most respected war correspondents, Kevin Sites spent five years covering global war and disaster for several national networks. His new book, "In the Hot Zone: One...
View ArticleKevin Sites Reads from "In the Hot Zone"
(October 2007) One of the world's most respected war correspondents, Kevin Sites spent five years covering global war and disaster for several national networks. Kevin's new book, "In the Hot Zone: One...
View ArticleIRC Briefing from the Field - Crisis in the Congo
(November 2007) In this November 15, 2007 phone briefing, George Rupp, the International Rescue Committee's president and Alyoscia D'Onofrio, IRC's regional director for Congo, discuss the current...
View ArticleWith Tom Brokaw in Rwanda, Part 5
Gacaca courts, or “community justice,” are Rwanda’s way of dealing with and prosecuting genocide crimes humanely. In this video, Tom Brokaw speaks with Rwandan citizens about the effectiveness of...
View ArticleResearching Deaths to Save Lives in Congo
Conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken 5.4 million lives since 1998, according to a survey just released by the International Rescue Committee. That's...
View ArticleColin Powell Welcomes Refugees to Phoenix, AZ
Former Secretary of State and International Rescue Committee Board of Overseers member Colin Powell recently visited the IRC's resettlement program in Phoenix, Arizona. There, Powell met with a small...
View ArticleRefugee Camp [A Week in West Africa - 1 of 9]
In one life-changing week in Liberia and Sierra Leone, International Rescue Committee donors Jennifer and Peter Buffett met former In one life-changing week in Liberia and Sierra Leone, International...
View ArticleAfrica's First Female President [A Week in West Africa - 2]
In one life-changing week in Liberia and Sierra Leone, International Rescue Committee donors Jennifer and Peter Buffett met former child soldiers,survivors of sexual violence and families driven from...
View ArticleViolence No Good [A Week in West Africa - 3 of 9]
In one life-changing week in Liberia and Sierra Leone International Rescue Committee donors Jennifer and Peter Buffett met former child soldiers,survivors of sexual violence and families driven from...
View ArticleHope in Monrovia [A Week in West Africa - 4 of 9]
At this tailoring school in Monrovia, Liberia, young people who lost their families during the war are learning skills that will help them to support themselves.
View ArticleChicken Soup Factory Kids [A Week in West Africa - 5 of 9]
In one life-changing week in Liberia and Sierra Leone International Rescue Committee donors Jennifer and Peter Buffett met former child soldiers,survivors of sexual violence and families driven from...
View ArticleThe Diamond Mines [A Week in West Africa - 6 of 9]
In one life-changing week in Liberia and Sierra Leone International Rescue Committee donors Jennifer and Peter Buffett met former child soldiers,survivors of sexual violence and families driven from...
View ArticleRoad to Recovery [A Week in West Africa - 7 of 9]
In one life-changing week in Liberia and Sierra Leone International Rescue Committee donors Jennifer and Peter Buffett met former child soldiers,survivors of sexual violence and families driven from...
View ArticleHow is the IRC responding to the Iraqi refugee crisis?
(April 2008) The world's fastest growing refugee crisis is continuing to unfold in the Middle East. Five years into the Iraq conflict, more than 4 million innocent bystanders are uprooted and in dire...
View ArticleBriefing from the Field: Bringing Refugees to America
(November 2008) During this International Rescue Committee Briefing from the Field, you'll hear from Trinh Doan, a woman who escaped from Vietnam and was resettled in the United States with the help of...
View ArticleWomen’s Voices from Conflict Zones
Where are the voices of women and girls in conflict zones? Where are their voices in decisions that affect their lives? These questions motivated the International Rescue Committee and...
View ArticleUrgent Briefing: Expelled from Darfur
In this podcast from our March 11, 2009 briefing Gideon Rose of Foreign Affairs magazine moderates a discussion between Kurt Tjossem, IRC Regional Director, Horn & East Africa and Michael Kocher,...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Justus Rosenberg
Justus Rosenberg was the youngest member of the team led by Varian Fry that rescued some of Europes most famous artists, writers, and intellectuals who had taken refuge in France prior to the Nazi...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Rick Brennan
For over 75 years, the IRC has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family: dedicated IRC staff members who tackle enormous challenges to change lives; courageous...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Robin Dunn-Marcos
For over 75 years, the IRC has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family: dedicated IRC staff members who tackle enormous challenges to change lives; courageous...
View ArticleRefugee Mothers and Children
Refugee mothers and children are caught in the crossfire of conflict. Against incredible odds, refugee mothers and their families fight to stay together and rebuild their lives.
View ArticleIRC Voices: Amanya Michael Ebye
Growing up in Uganda during a turbulent time, Regional Director of the Middle East Amanya Ebbe was twice displaced from his home. These experiences, Amanya says, enable him to better understand the...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Vu Dang
After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vu Dang, the International Rescue Committee's regional director for Washington D.C., fled Vietnam with his family. His was one of thousands of families that did so....
View ArticleIRC Voices: Anne Richard
IRC vice president of Government Relations and Advocacy Anne Richard recounts a powerful encounter meeting some of the tens of thousands of night commuters in Northern Uganda. These are children forced...
View ArticleIRC Voices: David Murphy
"I have the best job in the whole world. I get paid to help people," says IRC Ethiopia country director David Murphy. In this interview, David speaks about the IRC's work in Ethiopia, bringing hope to...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Leslye Moore
International Rescue Commmitte regional director in Boise, Idaho Leslye Moore has been doing humanitarian work her whole life. Nothing else has made sense to me, she says. In this interview, Leslye...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Robert Warwick
For over 75 years, the IRC has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family: dedicated IRC staff members who tackle enormous challenges to change lives; courageous...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Bob Montgomery
For over 75 years, the IRC has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family: dedicated IRC staff members who tackle enormous challenges to change lives; courageous...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Shannon Meehan
According to Shannon Meehan, the International Rescue Committees Brussels-based director of advocacy, its easier to effect change than most people think. The smallest gift or effort goes a long way...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Alyoscia D'Onofrio
Alyoscia D'Onofrio, International Rescue Committee regional director for the Great Lakes region of Africa, calls the IRC a beacon of hope. Its also a home for Alyoscia, who is now in his eleventh year...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Nicky Smith
In a previous role at the IRC, Deputy Director of Government Relations and Advocacy Nicky Smith worked with Liberian women and children who had fought or been associated with rebel forces. She...
View ArticleIRC Voices: George Biddle
For over 75 years, the IRC has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family: dedicated IRC staff members who tackle enormous challenges to change lives; courageous...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Michael Kocher
Michael Kocher, VP of International Programs, ruminates on his experiences in Aceh, Indonesia post-tsunami. Michael’s moving words, coupled with dramatic photos, capture the “cataclysmic damage of the...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Sarah O'Hagan
IRC Overseer Sarah O'Hagan shares the story of an impressive young IRC health coordinator trainee she met while in South Sudan who distinguished himself as he traveled in knee deep water for days --...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Gerry Martone
For over 75 years, the International Rescue Committee has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family: dedicated IRC staff members who tackle enormous challenges to...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Janet Harris
Since joining the IRC in 1999, Janet Harris, the IRC's Vice President of Development, has worked to ensure that the IRC maintains its ability to provide lifesaving services to displaced people around...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Rebecca Winthrop
The heart of the IRC are the people we work with and all of the communities around the world says Rebecca Winthrop, who up until recently led the IRC's education program work as senior technical...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Aaron Rippenkroeger
Selflessness and dedication, even amidst overwhelming obstacles these are two of the qualities exhibited by IRC staff that made a lasting impression on Aaron Rippenkroeger, currently IRC's deputy vice...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Chris Becker
For over 75 years, the International Rescue Committee has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family: dedicated IRC staff members who tackle enormous challenges to...
View ArticleIRC Voices: James Lenton
Summertime is a critical time for the IRC to make sure young refugees many of them newly arrived in the US feel welcome, safe, and ready for the upcoming school year. In this segment of IRC's Voices,...
View ArticleIRC Voices: Laurent Alpert
About IRC Voices: For over 75 years, the International Rescue Committee has been responding to the world's worst crises. Meet some of our extended family: dedicated IRC staff members who tackle...
View ArticleField Workers under Fire - IRC Briefing from the Field
Hear Gerald Martone, International Rescue Committee director of humanitarian affairs, and Denise Furnell, IRC senior technical advisor for safety and security discuss their thoughts on how IRC can...
View ArticleIRC Briefing from the Field: Haiti Disaster Update
(February 2010) The disaster in Haiti is fading from the headlines. But the International Rescue Committee's humanitarian work there is in full swing. Listen in to our archived briefing with Gillian...
View ArticleIRC Podcast: Haiti, as Hurricane Season Approaches
As hurricane season approaches, emergency protection coordinator Catherine Jones describes what the International Rescue Committee is doing to protect Haitian quake survivors from the elements and the...
View ArticleIRC Podcast: One of the poorest countries on Earth
The International Rescue Committee's Peter Biro is in one of the poorest countries on Earth, the Central African Republic. The country faces a devastating health crisis that threatens to plunge the...
View ArticleIRC Podcast: One of the Poorest Countries on Earth
The International Rescue Committee's Peter Biro is in one of the poorest countries on Earth, the Central African Republic. The country faces a devastating health crisis that threatens to plunge the...
View ArticleOne-fifth of Pakistan under water: The IRC's response 08
The situation in Pakistan is dire, with 20 million people affected by devastating monsoon floods, millions of acres of crops destroyed, and early reports of cholera that signal the threat of a major...
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