Guide for your everyday life, your goals and your future in Germany

Whether you are new to Germany, want to get started in your career or are looking for support for your everyday family life: Here you will find reliable information - easy to understand and in several languages. What best describes your situation?

Are you looking for orientation in everyday life?
  • Rights & responsibilities
  • Career entry and career guidance
  • Spaces for exchange and networking
  • Advice on social benefits and participation
Do you want to provide good support for children and young people?
  • Settling into daycare & starting school
  • Empowering learning environments
  • Multilingualism as a strength
  • Family engagement and collaboration
Do you work with refugees?
  • Training courses for professionals
  • Online modules
  • Practical guides & handbooks
  • Everything about Healing Classrooms
Are you planning programmes or projects?
  • Practical ttols & best practices
  • Studies & evaluations
  • Newsletter for professionals
PROJECT LOCATIONS

We work with partners across Germany in various projects in the areas of education, economic wellbeing, safety & empowerment and legal protection.

Further information about our programs can be found on our project overview page. 

BundeslandFederal state

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Latest news

News, insights and developments relating to our work

Unsere didacta Premiere 2026: Begegnungen, Austausch und neue Perspektiven

As part of the Tragweite project, our education team was represented for the first time at Europe’s largest education trade fair in Cologne from March 10 to 14.
Webinars on the prevention of human trafficking and exploitation

Human trafficking and exploitation are complex, often invisible phenomena. This makes it all the more important that professionals, organisations and the general public have access to sound information and practical resources for identifying and supporting victims.
Healing Classrooms
Healing Classrooms zu Gast im Podcast
Resilienz im Fokus: Der Podcast beleuchtet, wie Healing Classrooms Schulen dabei unterstützt, Kinder in herausfordernden Lebenssituationen zu stärken.

Material to use at home

Some digital materials are also available in printed form and can be sent directly to your home. Please fill out the contact form.

Ordering material to your home
Material des Monats: Tragweite entfalten

Dieses Arbeitsheft bietet pädagogischen Fachkräfte praktische Ideen und Impulse, um reflektiert und mit Empathie auf Themen wie Diskriminierung, Trauma und sprachliche Vielfalt einzugehen. Es soll unterstützen, Bildungs- und Jugendarbeit kritisch zu hinterfragen und dabei neue Ansätze vorstellen, um Kinder und Jugendliche in komplexen sozialen Kontexten – insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit Flucht und Vertreibung – bestmöglich zu unterstützen.

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About International Rescue Committee (IRC) Germany

International Rescue Committee (IRC) is an international aid organisation that was founded in 1933 at the suggestion of Albert Einstein. Since then, the IRC has been supporting people affected by political crises, war, persecution or natural disasters. IRC Germany was founded in 2016 and is active throughout Germany in the areas of education, economic wellbeing as well as safety, legal protection and empowerment.