International Rescue Committee (IRC)

The IRC in Pakistan

Crisis Watch

The International Rescue Committee is providing aid to victims of the worst flooding in Pakistan’s modern history. A staggering 20 million people have been affected by the devastating monsoon rains. 
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How We Help

The IRC came to Pakistan to help millions of Afghan refugees in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1980. Since then we have been assisting refugees as well as host communities in northwestern Pakistan. 

  • Nearly 2 million Afghan refugees still remain in Pakistan. While working to find durable solutions for these refugees, the IRC continues to provide vocational training, education, and health assistance.
  • IRC emergency teams aided more than 230,000 survivors of the devastating earthquake of 2005 and helped their communities "build back better."
  • We helped civilians who were displaced by fighting between the Pakistani army and the Taliban last year in northwestern Pakistan return home and rebuild .
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  • We are now bringing badly-needed help to victims of the devastating monsoon floods.