The International Rescue Committee (IRC) supports over 40 countries and 28 U.S. cities to help and provide resources to people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover, and rebuild their lives; including the conflict in Ukraine and the crisis in Afghanistan (International Rescue Committee, 2014).

The IRC helps restore health, safety, education, economic well-being, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. The IRC is a proud organization that fights for a world where women and girls have an equal chance to succeed (International Rescue Committee, 2014).

In 1933, Albert Einstein and a small group of humanitarians formed what would become the International Rescue Committee (Impact at a Glance | International Rescue Committee (IRC), 2024). Throughout the years and present day, the organization continues to deliver a lasting impact to the places they visit by providing health care, helping children learn by supporting parents and providing children with quality early childhood education and care, social-emotional support for all ages, materials, and learning opportunities that teach employment-related and trade-specific technical skills such as budgeting, accounting and marketing (Education, 2019).

The IRC empowers individuals and communities to become self-reliant by providing cash assistance, ensuring achievable career paths, providing business skills training for in-demand jobs, and more (Economic wellbeing, 2019). Always with a focus on the unique needs of women and girls. A global team with more than 17,000 staff providing crisis-affected countries with resettlement, asylum, and integration services in communities across the United States and Europe (International Rescue Committee, 2021).