The New Roots Program of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Tucson empowers refugees and other community members to grow their own food for their families and for the market. Many refugees have agrarian backgrounds, and the program allows them to employ their skills for the economic advancement of themselves and their families. 

Read about an ordinary day for an extraordinary woman living in one of the world’s largest refugee camps.

The Biden Administration pledged to restore America’s welcome. But a canceled flight crushed the hopes of a refugee father and daughter who have waited years to reunite.

Fourteen newcomer students committed five weeks of their summer vacation to learn about food justice and give back to their community! Read all about the Youth Roots summer internship program.

In May students from the University of Kansas School of Medicine Pediatrics department shared an evening with 30 high school students in IRC Wichita’s Refugee and Immigrant Student Empowerment Program, (RISE). The evening was an opportunity for the pediatric medical residents to meet some of the RISE members and for RISE members to connect with their community. 

Community Sponsorship Program at IRC New Jersey

One of the many services offered by the Immigration department at the IRC in San Diego is a free Citizenship Test Preparation Course to help individuals learn the material they will need to know in order to pass the United States citizenship examination. 

A new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening to become the most difficult to contain in the history of the region.