Initiatives
International Rescue Committee (IRC)

The International Rescue Committee is one of the premier humanitarian relief organizations in the world

Burgess COMMENTARY
The information about IRC on this site myphilanthropedia.org is quite out of date
Peter Burgess

Impact Summary from the Nonprofit

In 2013, the IRC and its partner organizations:

• - Provided 13 million people with primary and reproductive health care and gave 1.4 million people access to clean drinking water and sanitation.

• - Vaccinated over 276,000 children; IRC-supported clinics and hospitals helped 272,000 women deliver healthy babies.

• - Provided schooling and educational opportunities to 725,000 girls and boys, and trained over 20,000 educators.

• - Provided counseling or cared for over 12,000 vulnerable children and skills training or access to financial services to another 12,000 young people.

• - Counseled and provided essential services to over 27,000 survivors of gender-based violence and educated and mobilized over 1,270,000 men, women and children to lead prevention efforts in their communities.

• - Created 226 village savings and loan associations benefiting 14,000 members in 8 countries.

• - Provided 172,000 farmers with agricultural or agribusiness training and legal assistance to over 20,000 people through IRC-supported legal centers.

• - Through our Resettlement Support Center in Thailand, the IRC assisted over 16,500 refugees who departed from camps and cities in East Asia to enter the U.S. and build new lives with help from the IRC and sister resettlement agencies.

• - In the U.S., the IRC helped resettle some 8,700 newly arrived refugees and provided services to promote self-reliance and integration to over 38,000 refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking and other immigrants.