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Winter nears for refugees in Europe
Thousands of refugees fleeing Syria and other conflict-ridden countries are continuing to risk a dangerous sea journey to the Greek island of Lesbos in small boats, even as cold weather approaches.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Are we listening? Acting on our commitments to women and girls affected by the Syrian conflict
This report sheds light on the condition of women and girls inside Syria and those who have fled the conflict for safety in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq.
- Report
- September 1, 2014
Meet some of the young Syrian lives the IRC and Sesame Street will change
The IRC and Sesame Workshop have won $100 million in the MacArthur 100andChange competition to deliver the largest transformative early learning program for more than nine million refugee children in the Middle East.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
School was their safe place…until a bomb destroyed it
Even when bombs dropped around them, these Syrian twin brothers bravely made the dangerous walk to school every day because, for them, education meant survival.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Ahlan Simsim's Remote Early Learning Program: Significant Impact on Child Learning
The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.In 2018, Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) joined forces to created the Ahlan Simsim initiative to give children affected by conflict and crisis in the Middle East the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.
- Video
- September 24, 2024
"I will rebuild": A grocer starts over after the Beirut blast
In an instant, Assad lost his home and his livelihood when the Aug. 4 explosion devastated his Beirut neighberhood. Now he's beginning again with the IRC's support.
- Article
- October 8, 2020
Meet Ala’a: The Lebanese businesswoman continuing her family’s legacy
“The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is look at the mirror in my bedroom and say, 'let's go hero, your day has started.'”
- Article
- August 25, 2023
New Research Uncovers Benefits of Remedial Tutoring and Social-Emotional Learning for Refugee Children
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
IRC releases evaluation: Cash transfers work for refugees in emergencies
- Press Release
- June 27, 2022
Street kids of Beirut find a place to play – and dream
Syrian refugee children in Beirut often have to help support their families by selling flowers or even begging on the streets. The IRC’s safe spaces give these children a place to just be kids.
- Article
- June 27, 2022