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4.608 documents for International Rescue Committee

- International Rescue Committee: 'First Thanksgiving' Celebrations to Be Held Nationwide to Welcome New Refugees to America
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Philip Wood, Media Relations Director of International Rescue Committee, Office: +1-212-551-2950, Mobile: +1-212-786-2458, Philip.Wood@theirc.org
- U.S. Newswire
- November 14, 2008
- International Rescue Committee Mobilizes More Emergency Teams for Myanmar; Warns of Massive Health Disaster Unless Aid Reaches Cyclone Survivors Fast
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: New York (in Bangkok May 11): Melissa Winkler, +1-646- 734-0305, melissa.winkler@theIRC.org, New York: Philip Wood, +1-212- 551-2950, philip.wood@theIRC.org, London: Lydia Gomersall, +44-20- 7692-2741, +44-7779-855 -021, lydia.gomersall@IRCuk.org, Vienna: Peter Biro, +43-664-279-3977, +1-646-201-3697, peter.biro@theIRC.org, all of the International Rescue Committee
- U.S. Newswire
- May 09, 2008
- Hidden children: refugee fostering in Guinea International Rescue Committee, host country foster care project in Guinea.
Abstract One of the most vulnerable yet overlooked groups within situations of forced migration is that of refugee children who have been separated ...
- Refuge
- Vol. 20 Nbr. 2, February 2002

- Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to Receive International Rescue Committee's Freedom Award
To: National Desk Contact: Tina Susman, 212-551-2950, or tina.susman@theIRC.org; or Edward Bligh, 212-551-3114, or Edward.Bligh@theIRC.org, both of International Rescue Committee
- U.S. Newswire
- November 06, 2006
- Nonprofits poked their heads out from under recession to find gains.
.... Direct Relief International (DRI) is among the regulars in the NPT 100 most ye...The United States Olympic Committee (No. 61) returned to the NPT 100 after an absence ...International Rescue Committee 317,301,472 115,737,274 44. Susan G. Kom...
- The Non-profit Times
- November 01, 2011
- George, Nick Clooney and the International Rescue Committee Aid Struggling Sudanese Village
JAAC, South Sudan, June 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In an aid project funded by George Clooney and his father Nick, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) delivered 12 tons of emergency supplies to an impoverished village in Southern Sudan hosting displaced families from Darfur and thousands of other war-impacted people. George Clooney says the donation of shelter materials and other urgent supplies was in keeping with a promise he and his father made to the village when they traveled there in late April with the IRC.
- U.S. Newswire
- June 08, 2006
- International Rescue Committee Awarded $200,000 by South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund for Pakistan Aid Operations
NEW YORK, Nov. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has received a $200,000 grant for its emergency relief operations in Pakistan from the South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund, which is administered by the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy. The grant is the first awarded by the Fund. This funding will help us provide immediate temporary shelter in remote areas of Pakistan for those left homeless by the earthquake," said George Rupp, president of the IRC, which has been operating in Pakistan for more than 25 years. "We are grateful to the South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund and the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy.
- U.S. Newswire
- November 29, 2005
- International Rescue Committee Awarded $200,000 by South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund for Pakistan Aid Operations
NEW YORK, Nov. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has received a $200,000 grant for its emergency relief operations in Pakistan from the South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund, which is administered by the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy. The grant is the first awarded by the Fund. This funding will help us provide immediate temporary shelter in remote areas of Pakistan for those left homeless by the earthquake," said George Rupp, president of the IRC, which has been operating in Pakistan for more than 25 years. "We are grateful to the South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund and the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy.
- U.S. Newswire
- November 29, 2005
- Iraqi Refugees Urgently Need Help From U.S., Other Nations, Says International Rescue Committee, Citing 'Crisis of Historic Proportions'
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Ed Bligh (New York), +1-212-551-3114, Ed.Bligh@theIRC.org, or Anne Richard (Washington), +1-202-822-0166 ext. 10, +1-646-267-4343 (cell), Anne.Richard@theIRC.org, both with International Rescue Committee
- U.S. Newswire
- January 12, 2007
- International Rescue Committee Applauds Proposed U.S. Budget Totals but Fears Cuts to Key Programs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- While applauding the administration's submission this week of a federal budget that increases funding for international programs, the International Rescue Committee expressed concern over cutbacks in development and humanitarian spending. "We support the President's initiatives," said George Rupp, president of the IRC, "but funding for them should come on top, and not at the expense, of core development and humanitarian programs. The FY 2007 President's budget was submitted to Congress on February 6. Major increases are proposed for Presidential initiatives, like the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the President's Emergency Program for Aids Relief.
- U.S. Newswire
- February 09, 2006