International Rescue Committee - UK

Ukraine has been hit by some of the heaviest missile and drone attacks since the war escalated in recent days.

Dozens of people have been injured, and many have lost their lives. Civilian sites—including metro stations, apartment buildings, and critical infrastructure—have been hit.

Our teams are working around the clock to support people in frontline areas, providing medical care, psychological support, cash assistance, and much more.

Serdar Yardak, IRC Deputy Director of Programmes for Ukraine, reports from the scene in Kyiv.

What are the challenges of delivering aid in Sudan? And how are communities rebuilding?

In the first of a three-part video series, our UK Executive Director Flora Alexander describes what she saw and heard during a recent visit to the country’s capital, Khartoum.

After more than three years of brutal war, Sudan is experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with aid access issues adding to the violence, displacement and malnutrition that thousands of people are facing. 

Yet despite facing the devastating impacts of the war themselves, IRC staff are showing up every day to provide lifesaving support to those in need.

This May, we're joining organisations and individuals across the UK in choosing hope over hate as part of A Million Acts of Hope.

Watch to see what the campaign is all about.

Here’s how access to healthcare changes lives.

In Gedaref state, Sudan, getting medical treatment is often a struggle, but IRC mobile health teams are working to provide support to those in need.

A year ago, an infection left 13-year-old Aisha seriously ill and struggling to walk. Triggered by her sickle cell anaemia, the illness eventually forced her to drop out of school, and meant she could no longer play with her friends or siblings.

Thanks to funding from , the IRC provided medical support and hospital referral, enabling her to make a full recovery.

Now, she’s back at school, helping her mother out around the home, and even earning an income of her own by selling woven crafts and braiding hair.