A breakdown of the IRC's financial report shows that the largest program service investment was in health services, which absorbed 38% of the IRC's funds for the year 2016. After you've watched Gary Lineker getting a history lesson on the origins of fish and chips from Jo Brand in our latest film, help spread the word about refugee contributions. IRC participates in the demobilization of 1,200 child soldiers in Sierra Leone. The IRC intensifies its aid in Europe with Project Berlin, providing food to the people of West Berlin amid increased Soviet oppression. [28], On August 5, 2018, it was reported that the agency had lowered its staff number in Georgia after refugee arrivals decreased. Long-term aid by the IRC continues to help tsunami-affected communities in Indonesia by rehabilitating healthcare infrastructure, providing psychosocial support to children and families, and offering community regeneration. Detailed View Revision History Sources. [20], David Miliband, former British Foreign Secretary, became the IRC president and CEO in 2013. Departure of refugees from the Soviet Union - mostly dissidents, Armenians, Jews reaches a peak of 53,000. ", IRC Headquarters The IRC worked closely with local aid organizations to respond to various disasters, including in Pakistan after the 2005 earthquake;[18] and in Indonesia after the South Asian tsunami; and in Myanmar after the 2008 cyclone. The IRC & Sesame Street: Rescuing children's futures. That same year, the IRC initiated health and community development projects in El Salvador for displaced victims of the civil war. The team includes coordinators, logisticians, doctors, and water and sanitation experts. 1942. View Collection Locations Archival Resources. IRC opens an office in the United Kingdom to support the IRC’s global interventions and to add a new voice to the sometimes disquieting debates on refugees and asylum in the UK. See a timeline of the IRC's rich history. HRT Over 2,000 political, cultural, union and academic leaders were rescued in just 13 months, ending when Fry was expelled by the Vichy French. In the years following, the IRC helped to reunite families separated in the chaos. IRC operations began inside Kosovo in 1997 and were expanded in 1999 to meet the needs of Kosovar refugees in Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Bosnia. [29], The IRC is one of the largest providers of humanitarian assistance in the DRC, where conflict and humanitarian crisis have taken the lives of 5.4 million people since 1998, according to peer-reviewed studies by the IRC.
The IRC establishes an emergency response team on the Greek island of Lesbos to provide aid to the thousands of Syrian refugees arriving from Turkey who are fleeing their country's brutal civil war. [42], The organization is governed by an unpaid board of directors, and lists, under the heading of "Overseers", individuals described as providing counsel to the board on matters of policy, fundraising and advocacy;[43] the several score listed in early 2017 include Madeleine Albright, Kofi Annan, Tom Brokaw, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, and Liv Ullmann.[44].
Over 2,000 political, cultural, union and academic leaders rescued in 13 months. Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) formed to aid European refugees trapped in Vichy France. [24], In 2019, the IRC in San Diego began hosting a "Refugee Film Festival" that presents documentaries about the refugee experience. Email: Laura.boone@rescue-uk.org. American branch of the European-based International Relief Association (IRA) founded at the suggestion of Albert Einstein to assist Germans suffering under Hitler. IRC starts community rehabilitation activities in Afghanistan for tens of thousands of Afghan refugees returning home from Pakistan. [10], In 1942, after the US entered the Second World War, IRA and ERC joined forces under the name International Relief and Rescue Committee, which was later shortened to the International Rescue Committee.
122 East 42nd Street The IRC affiliate Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children became the Women's Refugee Commission in 2009. New York, New York 10168-1289 In 2016, 26 million people in about 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities benefited from IRC programs. [25], On March 13, 2020, the second annual IRC's Refugee Film Festival in San Diego was postponed until June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26]. IRC takes a leading role in the resettlement of Asian nationals persecuted and expelled from Uganda by dictator Idi Amin.
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