Volunteer Guide
International Rescue Committee (Phoenix Office)
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people survive and rebuild their lives. The IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. The Phoenix IRC opened in 1994 and has been a community partner in many areas for the State of Arizona. The IRC in Phoenix has the following programs: AZ Legal Center, Survivors of Torture, Victims of Crime, Mental Health Counseling, Individual Development Accounts for AZ foster youth, Interpreter Services, New Roots (urban farming), and many more services for refugees and immigrants.
| State served: | Arizona |
Services Provided
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) |
| Populations served: | Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: | Amharic, Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dutch, English, Farsi, Filipino, French, Haitian Creole, Iraqi, Japanese, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Malay-Indonesian, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Bembe, Chaldean, Chin (various dialects), Chinese (Hakka), Dhalou, Dinka, Ewe (Togo), Karen, Karenni, Kibembe, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Kunama, Lingala, Malagsay, Mina (Togo), Nuer, Saha (Eritrea), Sango, Shan, Somali (Maay Maay, Bantu) |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |