International Rescue Committee

International Rescue Committee is a nonprofit international relief agency that helps individuals and communities victimized by oppression or violent conflict worldwide. It will use proceeds of the Foundation’s Program Related Investment loan to support its humanitarian relief efforts, striving to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

The International Rescue Committee staff will train local NGOs in best practices for protection from and response to sexual violence in emergency settings in Africa.

The proposed grant will renew support for activities to improve child protection in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The work will center in North and South Kivu where the organization will increase the capacity of community-based networks to better monitor, report, and respond to violence against children in the Kivus and communication links between community-based networks and relevant national and international authorities will be strengthened.

To support human rights reporting and related post-conflict development activities (over three years).

In support of emergency response to humanitarian crises around the world (over three years).