International Rescue Committee

More than 80 years after Albert Einstein helped create the IRC, the number and intensity of humanitarian crises across the globe warrant a dose of Einstein-inspired innovation. Our strategic plan — IRC 2020 — answers that call.

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

In 2017, the IRC and our international program partners: 

• Helped nearly 23 million people access primary health care
• Provided cash and asset transfers to 179,491 households of refugees and vulnerable people
• Reached an estimated 2 million people affected by the hunger crises in East Africa, Nigeria and Yemen
• Provided 1.14 million children with schooling and other education opportunities
• Helped to create or support 16,179 businesses—73% of which are female-owned.
• Provided support through safe spaces to 135,598 children and 116,580women and girls.