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International-Relief-Teams When homes are destroyed and essentials are out of reach, we provide immediate relief—food, medicines, water, and shelter for those left with nothing.

Through every crisis, we stand with families to help them survive today and rebuild for tomorrow.

In many developing countries, medicine isn’t readily available or affordable. A mother may be able to make the trek to t...
05/26/2026

In many developing countries, medicine isn’t readily available or affordable. A mother may be able to make the trek to the closest hospital or clinic, but either the medicine isn’t there or she can’t afford it.

And that’s why your support matters now more than ever.

International Relief Team’s Medicines for Children program provides essential medicines such as antibiotics, pneumonia treatments, cancer medicines, and more, to children who have nowhere else to turn.

Every $1 you give delivers $50 in medicines. That means your $15 donation sends $750 worth of medicines to a child in need. And right now, every dollar you give is matched, up to $60,000.

Donate today before the match ends 👉 irteams.org/sendmedicine

When disaster strikes, the headlines tell part of the story: winds, floods, and destruction. But the real impact goes fa...
05/21/2026

When disaster strikes, the headlines tell part of the story: winds, floods, and destruction. But the real impact goes far deeper. Families lose not just their homes, but their routines, their neighbors, their livelihoods, and sometimes their sense of safety.

At International Relief Teams, we see the hidden despair of disasters every day: delays in financial aid, closed clinics, stranded families, destroyed infrastructure. That’s why we work with trusted partners who can act quickly, bringing food, water, medicine, and shelter supplies when it matters most.

Because when every hour counts, speed saves lives.

Read the full story → irteams.org/despair

A mother traveled hours to get her grandchild to a clinic. When she arrived, there was no medicine. That is the reality ...
05/12/2026

A mother traveled hours to get her grandchild to a clinic. When she arrived, there was no medicine.

That is the reality for millions of families in under-resourced communities around the world. But it doesn't have to be.

Through our Medicines for Children program, your gift helps stock the shelves so that when a family walks through that door, the treatment is waiting.

Every dollar you give delivers $50 in medicines. A gift of just $10 provides $500 worth of life-saving treatments.

Give today and help make sure no family leaves empty-handed: irteams.org/sendmedicine.

There is a four-year-old boy named Hamza who makes everyone around him smile.He stole a camera during his clinic visit, ...
05/07/2026

There is a four-year-old boy named Hamza who makes everyone around him smile.
He stole a camera during his clinic visit, announced he'd be the photographer, and filled the room with laughter.

He is also fighting leukemia.

Children like Hamza rely on medicine that should be easy to provide, but in many clinics around the world, the shelves are empty when families arrive.

Because of a trusted, long-standing partnership, every $1 you give sends $50 in life-saving medicine to a child who needs it.

Will you help a child like Hamza get the medicine they deserve? 💙

Give today at irteams.org/sendmedicine.

This Volunteer Month, we have celebrated the people who show up in San Diego to pack food, in California and North Carol...
04/28/2026

This Volunteer Month, we have celebrated the people who show up in San Diego to pack food, in California and North Carolina to rebuild homes after disasters, and in Tijuana every month to build a home in a single day.

Today, we close with a different kind of recognition. Our Board of Directors is made up entirely of volunteers. Every one of them gives their time and professional expertise, without pay, to provide strategic oversight and governance for this organization. They include physicians, attorneys, financial professionals, engineers, community members, and academics who believe in this mission enough to dedicate themselves to it. Their work may not be as visible as building a home or packing meals, but it’s essential to making these programs possible.

To our Board of Directors: thank you for your service to International Relief Teams and to the communities around the world that we work to serve together.

Once a month, a team of volunteers wakes up early on a Saturday, drives across the border from our office in San Diego i...
04/21/2026

Once a month, a team of volunteers wakes up early on a Saturday, drives across the border from our office in San Diego into Tijuana, and spends the entire day building a home for a family living in poverty. Not a partial build, but a finished home with four walls, a real roof, paint on the walls, and a door that locks. In one day.

The families they build for are living in makeshift structures assembled from whatever could be salvaged, including wooden pallets, metal sheeting, and tarps to keep the rain out. It is not temporary by design, but it is all they have.

This Volunteer Month, we are honoring the men and women who trade their Saturday for a family's first night in a safe, stable home. The drive back across the border that evening looks different when you know what you left behind.

In 2025, thanks to our amazing volunteers, we provided new homes to 41 individuals. Thank you volunteers who build homes in Tijuana for families in need!

If you want to get involved, visit irteams.org/volunteer.

Cristofer’s coughing wouldn’t stop and it shook his tiny body throughout the night. By morning, he had a high fever and ...
04/20/2026

Cristofer’s coughing wouldn’t stop and it shook his tiny body throughout the night. By morning, he had a high fever and his chest was tight. When his sister Blanca also began coughing, their mom Gladys knew she needed to get treatment.

But the hospital was far away and taking two sick children there would mean a long journey and crowded waiting rooms. And she knew if they provided a prescription, she couldn’t afford to fill it.

Thankfully, a neighbor took them to a local clinic stocked through International Relief Teams’ Medicines for Children program.

👉🏼Visit irteams.org/gladys to read what happened next.

After a disaster, the loss is overwhelming. Homes are destroyed, businesses are lost in an instant. Families are left to...
04/15/2026

After a disaster, the loss is overwhelming. Homes are destroyed, businesses are lost in an instant. Families are left to rebuild.

That’s where our construction volunteers step in. They give their time to help families rebuild by creating a safe, stable place to return to.

From Paradise to the LA Fires to North Carolina, their work is helping families move from loss toward a new beginning.

This Volunteer Month, we’re grateful for every volunteer who picks up a tool and shows up for someone starting over. Your time is helping rebuild more than homes, it’s helping rebuild lives.

When conflict forced Baderia to flee her home in Sudan, she carried her baby daughter with her who needed surgery for a ...
04/09/2026

When conflict forced Baderia to flee her home in Sudan, she carried her baby daughter with her who needed surgery for a brain tumor.

Now in a displacement camp outside Port Sudan, she cares for her child alone while waiting for medical treatment that feels far away.

Thanks to supporters like you, International Relief Teams is providing families in the camp with food and clean water. These essentials help children stay nourished and hydrated during a time of deep great uncertainty.

Your support is helping families survive today and remain strong for tomorrow.

Read Baderia’s full story: irteams.org/baderia

Every week, our volunteers show up with one goal: make sure children in San Diego don’t go hungry over the weekend.Becau...
04/08/2026

Every week, our volunteers show up with one goal: make sure children in San Diego don’t go hungry over the weekend.

Because of their time and commitment, this school year 487 families receive food packs filled with enough nutritious meals to carry them through Saturday and Sunday. Behind each of those packs is a volunteer who gave their time to pack, sort, and deliver with care.

Since 2012, those small acts of consistency have added up to something incredible: 1,249,392 meals delivered to local families.

This Volunteer Month, we’re recognizing the people who make that impact possible week after week. Your time turns a simple bag of food into a reliable source of nourishment for children who need it most.

Thank you for showing up, again and again, for our San Diego community!

If you're interested in getting involved, visit irteams.org/volunteer.

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