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  David Miliband @ IRC · [email protected]
April 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM

Watch Our CBS Feature on the Urgency of Global Humanitarian Aid

See firsthand the impact of U.S. aid cuts on our lifesaving work in Nigeria and Afghanistan. John, I hope this note finds you well. I'm reaching out with an important update about the work we do together at the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Thi…
  Hank @ IRC · [email protected]
April 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM

John, don't miss IRC on CBS with Ted Koppel - TODAY at 9am ET

See firsthand the impact of U.S. aid cuts on our lifesaving work in Nigeria and Afghanistan Happy Sunday, John! I wanted to share some exciting breaking news from IRC with you. This morning, CBS Sunday Morning will feature the IRC in a special profile w…
  Nancy @ IRC Emergency Response · [email protected]
April 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM

[Myanmar] “In my life, I have encountered several earthquakes, but I have never experienced one like this.”

Your 5X-MATCHED support today can truly help people who have lost everything A boy stands on the rubble of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, where a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck last week. John, I just got off the phone with my team in Myanma…
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
April 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM

⚠️MYANMAR EARTHQUAKE⚠️ This is a massive emergency, John, and we need your help.

I personally wanted to make sure you saw this urgent update about the devastating earthquake in Myanmar. IRC team members on the ground are reporting staggering humanitarian needs. John, I personally wanted to make sure you saw this urgent update I sent yes…
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
March 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM

⚠️ MYANMAR EARTHQUAKE ⚠️

I know you care deeply about families who have lost everything.   ⚠️ DEVASTATING MYANMAR EARTHQUAKE ⚠️   EMERGENCY 2X-MATCH ACTIVE: FUEL OUR RECOVERY WORK BY STARTING A MONTHLY GIFT NOW >>   John: I know that as an IRC supporter you care deeply abo…
  Madiha @ IRC · [email protected]
March 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM

This year, my heart is heavy observing Ramadan, thinking of families in places like Gaza, Sudan and Afghanistan.

[Ramadan ☪️] Rush your emergency donation now—during Ramadan—to help save lives. >> ☪️ John: Throughout this holy month, I've been joining millions of Muslims around the world in observing Ramadan. During this time, we abstain from eating and drinking…
  Madiha @ IRC · [email protected]
March 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM

Children like Dima face extreme hunger—urgent action needed

(Ramadan ☪️) A personal note from Madiha → 🚨 Humanitarian suffering is catastrophic in Gaza 🚨   Children will starve without support.   Rush your gift now to help save lives. ☪️ Ramadan Mubarak, John. I'm Madiha Raza with the IRC. I cover conflict and cris…
  Elias @ IRC · [email protected]
March 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM

🚨GAZA: Reports indicate that renewed airstrikes have killed hundreds🚨

Rush your emergency donation for families whose lives have been shattered in Gaza and around the world >> GAZA: Reports indicate that renewed airstrikes have killed hundreds of civilians.   RUSH YOUR DONATION »   John: My name is Elias, and my…
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
March 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM

Children like Dima face starvation—urgent action needed

Donors like you are the backbone of lifesaving aid. 🚨 Humanitarian suffering deepens in Gaza 🚨 Children will starve without support. Rush your gift now to help save lives.   John, three-year-old Dima is being treated for malnutrition at an IRC-supported …
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
March 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM

Your help today can rush lifesaving aid to families in crisis

[FOREIGN AID FUNDING CUTS] The International Rescue Committee is delivering lifesaving aid to children and families facing unimaginable hardship—but we can't do this work alone. YOU CAN HELP RUSH EMERGENCY AID* >> John: The U.S. government recently end…
  David Miliband @ IRC · [email protected]
March 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM

Here's what I need you to know:

This is our promise—and this is our purpose. John, you've likely seen many disheartening news developments lately that directly affect the work of the International Rescue Committee—from the Trump Administration suspending refugee resettlement—to just last we…
  Updates @ IRC · [email protected]
March 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM

🚨 Children will starve without sustained support 🚨

Monthly donors are the backbone of lifesaving aid. Children will starve without sustained support. Start your monthly gift now to save lives.   🚨 The U.S. government just ended thousands of humanitarian aid programs and cut off lifesaving assistance to peo…
  Updates @ IRC · [email protected]
February 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM

🚨 Children will starve 🚨

Lives are on the line. OUR COMPASSION CAN'T BE HALTED: RUSH YOUR EMERGENCY DONATION >> 🚨 The U.S. government just ended thousands of humanitarian aid programs and cut off lifesaving aid to people who need it most. 🚨 Children will starve, as food from…
  Updates @ IRC · [email protected]
February 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM

Breaking news: Foreign aid freeze. 🆘 Our compassion can’t be halted!

I know you wholeheartedly believe in this important work. Rush your emergency donation >> 🆘 BREAKING NEWS: FOREIGN AID FREEZE We are deeply alarmed by the latest news of the widespread termination of thousands of funding agreements from USAID and the …
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
February 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM

Why humanitarian aid matters—talking points for your conversations with family and friends

THE POWER OF HUMANITARIAN AID John, With critical humanitarian aid at risk—and very much in the news right now—we wanted to share a guide with you, for navigating conversations with your friends and family about the tremendous need for humanitarian work. As…
  Hank @ IRC · [email protected]
February 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM

Can we count on you to step up in this moment of exceptional need?

Your monthly gift will help our teams reach children and families experiencing the most pressing challenges John, a monthly gift from you is the best way to sustain the IRC's life-changing work. Your generosity brings hope in a time of incredible hardship fo…
  Hank @ IRC · [email protected]
January 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Day in and day out

Help ensure that the IRC is equipped to respond to emergencies and deliver the long-term assistance refugees need. John, As winter continues, millions of refugee and displaced children and families are in grave danger. Around the world in places like Gaza, …
  International Rescue Committee · [email protected]
January 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM

URGENT FUNDING GAP ➡️ Children like Ahlam need you. Humanitarian teams on the ground need you. The IRC needs you.

🆘 You can help keep vital aid in motion. YOU CAN HELP KEEP VITAL AID IN MOTION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED >>   Children like Ahlam need you.   RUSH YOUR GIFT >> John: The children and families we serve need you. Lives are on the …
  Emergency Response @ IRC · [email protected]
January 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM

🚨 [GAZA] A window of opportunity 🚨

Your support makes this lifesaving work possible. Displaced Palestinian families, who took shelter in hospitals and schools, walk amid destruction. John: After over a year of conflict, there is a ceasefire in Gaza. The ceasefire must be a turning point. W…
  Melinda @ IRC · [email protected]
January 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Stand with refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants >>

ADD YOUR NAME: John, STAND WITH REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND IMMIGRANTS >> I wanted to make sure you had the opportunity to join over 2,000 advocates like you who have already pledged to stand with refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants. As we conti…
  Andrea, IRC · [email protected]
January 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM

Urgent: Refugee families need your support. Your compassion changes lives.

Refugee resettlement is a last resort & necessary lifeline for those with no other option. Be a lifeline to refugee families >>   John, President Trump just announced a new policy to suspend refugee resettlement. No policy should stop people fro…
  Gaza Update @ IRC · [email protected]
January 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM

(GAZA) BREAKING NEWS: IRC welcomes ceasefire in Gaza, calls for urgent surge in humanitarian aid

Your support is a lifeline for families who are enduring unimaginable challenges. John: Your support has been a lifeline for families who are enduring unimaginable challenges. I hope you can take a moment to read the latest update below about the IRC welc…
  Melinda @ IRC · [email protected]
January 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM

RE: Inauguration Day prep

Refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants need your immediate action. >> John, Since Election Day, I have received countless messages from IRC supporters like you, asking how you can support refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants under President-elec…
  Andrea @ IRC Impact · [email protected]
January 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Thank you. Your support helps us address the most urgent humanitarian challenges.

(2025 Emergency Watchlist) Here's a summary of how we're taking action >> John, Earlier this week, I shared the International Rescue Committee's 2025 Emergency Watchlist, a critical report that reveals how deeply unbalanced our world has become. While…
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
January 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM

1 million doses of lifesaving vaccines… A family reunited...

📰 GOOD NEWS INSIDE 📰 📰 GOOD NEWS INSIDE 📰 John: 2024 was a tumultuous year. At the International Rescue Committee, we've seen the toll that conflict, climate change and inequality have taken on refugees and displaced families around the world. But even in …
  Andrea @ IRC Impact · [email protected]
January 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM

📝 I wanted to be sure you got a copy of the new 2025 report.

You make our lifesaving work possible. Thank you. Here's where we'll need to focus in 2025 >> John, The International Rescue Committee just released our 📝 2025 Emergency Watchlist 📝, a crucial report that identifies the 20 countries most at risk of wor…
  Simon @ IRC · [email protected]
January 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM

To celebrate the impact you’ve made

💛Thank You and Happy New Year💛 John, happy New Year. I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for your incredible generosity and commitment to helping families in crisis. In 2024, your support made a world of difference—bringing safety, hope and life-chang…
  David Miliband @ IRC · [email protected]
January 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM

One last note from my desk in NY before 12 AM – David, President & CEO

Personally emailing you. Hello, John: It's nearing midnight here in New York, and I couldn't let this year end without one last message to you. I've spent today reflecting on the incredible difference supporters like you have made this past year for families …
  Sir Patrick Stewart @ IRC · [email protected]
January 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM

Did you see this personal email from Sir Patrick Stewart?

Before midnight... I hope you can take a moment to read his powerful words. Hi there, John: I wanted to forward you this heartfelt note from Sir Patrick Stewart (an IRC Ambassador). Please don't forget to read his personal letter to you, below. "Where would …
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
January 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM

Can't remember the last time this happened

Sharing with you: Goal tracker % % % I can't remember the last time we had a 4X match opportunity to offer on New Year's Eve. I wanted to share our goal tracker with you: As you can see, we're so close. Is there any way you can make your gift right now,…
  Dr. Oleg @ IRC · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 9:13 PM

I'm a doctor with the IRC in Ukraine. I'm personally asking you to quadruple your impact today.

Hello. I'm Dr. Oleg Marchenko. John, big news. We have a New Year's Eve quadruple match opportunity for you [active until 12AM only], thanks to an anonymous donor. I can't remember the last time we had this great of a match to offer. QUADRUPLE YOUR 12/31…
  IRC HQ · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 7:14 PM

IRC 4X Match @ Tues. Dec. 31, 2024

Final opportunity notice: URGENT NYE UPDATE: 4X MATCH ACTIVE » [12/31 MIDNIGHT DEADLINE in John's time zone]   John, today marks the final opportunity to have your year-end gift matched 4X, multiplying your impact for children and families in crisi…
  Sir Patrick Stewart @ IRC · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 3:59 PM

I’m Patrick Stewart, and I believe in helping people in crisis.

I can't imagine what it would be like to have to suddenly leave my home. Hello, John. I'm Patrick Stewart. I can't imagine what it would be like to have to suddenly leave my home. Where would I take my family? How would we survive? And most importantly, wh…
  Joanna Nahorska @ IRC · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 1:41 PM

I’ve stood in some of Ukraine’s most heavily shelled areas. – Joanna, Ukraine Comms

---- 4X MATCH NOW LIVE ---- I've stood in places where, just a day earlier, lives were lost and hundreds of people were deprived of their homes. It's surreal. I've heard countless air alerts and felt the urgency of people exhausted by almost three years of wa…
  Madiha @ IRC · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 10:55 AM

Up early?

"With your support and encouragement, we can reach the largest possible number." Up early? Me too. As this challenging year comes to a close, I can't help but think about the children and families in Gaza who are nearing famine... or displaced Ukrainian f…
  IRC HQ · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 2:53 AM

this will just take a moment

[CRISIS ALERT] Help meet the needs of children and families   MAKE 3X THE IMPACT »   DEADLINE: MIDNIGHT TOMORROW   Name: John Bulwaark Email: [email protected] Eligible for 3X match? ✔️ John's personal link to donate and have your emergency gift tripl…
  Winter Survival @ IRC · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 1:21 AM

Relentless icy winds and freezing rain

But the greatest pain is seeing your children endure these conditions.   Relentless icy winds and freezing rain seep through the cracks of an unheated, makeshift shelter. Nights are spent on a cold, hard floor, with a thin blanket that does little to keep o…
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
December 30, 2024 at 10:43 PM

Rasha took her daughter to an IRC clinic for support

One story...your donation...thousands of lives 💛   John: I hope you'll read Rasha's powerful story below to see how even just one donor can make a difference. Please rush your gift right now, while it can be tripled in impact. Thank you. – Andrea @ IRC Sup…
  Madiha @ IRC · [email protected]
December 30, 2024 at 8:20 PM

“These first days shape their lives forever.”

Please hear Rowida's call. John, I'm writing today to share the harrowing words of Rowida Al-Sabbah, an IRC nutrition officer, who works in Gaza to treat and prevent malnutrition in babies and young children, while also supporting pregnant and lactating mothe…
  The IRC Team · [email protected]
December 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM

🆘 Severe flooding in Gaza 🆘

Living in tents, without proper shelter, blankets or warm clothing. Name: John Bulwaark Email: [email protected] Eligible for 3X match? ✔️ John's personal link to donate and have your emergency gift tripled: https://go.rescue.org/e/937243/donate-mmem-gt3X25/…
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
December 30, 2024 at 3:57 PM

In Gaza, many mothers are too malnourished to breastfeed their babies

As the winter gets harsher, these dangers will only grow >> Safaa Salah gave birth to a baby girl after a difficult delivery on the night of an Israeli attack resulting in dozens of Palestinians killed. She is pictured here, posing for a photo with he…
  IRC HQ · [email protected]
December 30, 2024 at 1:42 AM

✏️ An award-winning biology teacher, Hanna, now has a new assignment:

Don't wait to make your 3X MATCHED contribution. Children in Ukraine are facing the immense impacts of continued violence, displacement and disrupted education. Have your gift 3X matched right now, to make an even greater impact for children and families fa…
  IRC HQ · [email protected]
December 30, 2024 at 1:28 AM

✏️ An award-winning biology teacher, Hanna, now has a new assignment:

Don't wait to make your 3X MATCHED contribution. Children in Ukraine are facing the immense impacts of continued violence, displacement and disrupted education. Have your gift 3X matched right now, to make an even greater impact for children and families fa…
  Team IRC · [email protected]
December 29, 2024 at 10:29 PM

Winter only magnifies children’s suffering

Your tax-deductible gift will be MATCHED 3X if you give today >> Children bear the brunt of humanitarian crises—with their safety, education and health at immediate risk. Give now to protect children with 3X the impact >> John, Right now, m…
  International Rescue Committee · [email protected]
December 29, 2024 at 4:38 PM

Even in the darkest times, brighter days are possible

You can still make 3X the impact to provide critical support to children and families fleeing crisis. John}, a moment of joy can plant a seed of hope. Just ask Nour, who uses play to help children in Gaza:   Nour facilitates recreational and psychological …
  Andrea @ IRC · [email protected]
December 29, 2024 at 3:34 AM

These heartbreaking words echo in my head

Your gift today will have 3X the impact for people in Gaza and other conflict zones around the world. "Doctor, help us!"   An IRC/MAP emergency medical team operates in Gaza. John, these heartbreaking words echo in my head as I write this update.   "Doctor…
  IRC Emergency Response · [email protected]
December 29, 2024 at 12:21 AM

❗"Don't forget us, don't forget Gaza."

Your gift will be 3X matched today. John—Dr. Hakim is an emergency medic at Nasser Hospital in Gaza who has worked closely with the IRC's Emergency Medical Team (EMT) and our partner, Medical Aid for Palestinians. With the conflict in Gaza pushing the healt…
  Madiha @ IRC · [email protected]
December 28, 2024 at 6:45 PM

"Thank God, finally my daughter started to walk, little by little."

Your 3X support can help change the lives of children in Gaza and around the world. John, I know inboxes are full of messages asking for donations—including from us—to respond to urgent needs around the world. But I couldn't let today pass without sharing t…
  International Rescue Committee · [email protected]
December 28, 2024 at 2:21 PM

“Failure to act will lead to more preventable deaths of civilians." ⚠️

Will you make your year-end gift right away while it will be matched 3X? 🚨EMERGENCY UPDATE: With winter gripping Gaza, temperatures are dropping and heavy rain has caused severe flooding, creating harsh conditions for displaced families in need of shelter, bl…
  Team IRC · [email protected]
December 28, 2024 at 12:27 AM

John, your generosity means the world (and can make 2X the impact today!)

Rush your year-end donation today to help even more families in crisis survive, recover and rebuild their lives. MATCH DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31ST   DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT NOW The IRC community is a global one, full of compassionate people like you …