Photo Essays
Shimelba's childrenEthiopia03.17.2011
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IRC president George Rupp shares photos of his March 2011 visit to classrooms in the Shimelba refugee camp in Ethiopia where the IRC provides educational programs for pre-schoolers up to adults. | ||
Shimelba refugee campEthiopia03.16.2011
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IRC president George Rupp describes his March 2011 visit to the Shimelba refugee camp. The camp was the first stop on a journey through Ethiopia's northwestern Tigray region, where the IRC's work focuses on children, women, health, water and sanitation. | ||
Protecting communities from choleraAfrica, Zimbabwe03.10.2011
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A decade of economic troubles has eroded Zimbabwe's water and sanitation infrastructure, leaving its people vulnerable to cholera and other water borne illnesses. The IRC is working in the country's remote eastern highlands to help restore community water systems and respond to outbreaks of disease. | ||
Trying to get home03.07.2011
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A transit center set up in Tunisia at the Ras Adjir border crossing has become saturated with people who fled the crisis in Libya -- many of them foreign workers who are trying to make their way home. As the arrivals outpace the departures, the IRC is launching sanitation and shelter services. Chris de Bode with our partner SV shared these photos from the border. | ||
A health system on life supportLiberia03.04.2011
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Fifteen years of civil war left Liberia's healthcare system in ruins. The IRC is providing medicine, doctors and equipment to 33 rural clinics and five hospitals that serve more than 320,000 people. The IRC also supports the largest pediatric facility in the capital, Monrovia. | ||
Advocacy in HaitiHaiti02.17.2011
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In January, the IRC hosted an advocacy workshop in Port-au-Prince for our local partners and their Haitian staff members working on clean water, health, and women’s and children’s issues. The workshop was part of an IRC initiative that seeks to bolster Haiti’s civil society organizations. | ||
Refugees at Work in CharlottesvilleUS - Charlottesville, VA02.04.2011
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The IRC in Charlottesville provides vocational counseling, resume preparation, job search and placement services, and financial assistance to refugees with the goal of helping them find their first job in America. For many refugees, earning a livelihood is not only essential to gaining control over their future, but vital to regaining a sense of personal dignity. Hundreds of refugees have become valued members of Charlottesville's workforce by contributing their diverse skills to over sixty local employers. | ||
One family’s journeyUnited States, US - New York, NY02.04.2011
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Refugees have been fleeing Myanmar for decades to escape civil strife, political upheaval and economic stagnation. IRC volunteers Steven Carbó and Jaya Jiwatram share the story of one family's first days in the United States after 20 years in a refugee camp in Thailand. | ||
Refugees in limboLiberia01.20.2011
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Waves of refugees have fled to Liberia after widespread violence broke out in Ivory Coast following disputed presidential elections there. The IRC is assisting uprooted people on both sides of the border. | ||
Urban refugees' plightKenya01.19.2011
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Today, almost half of the world’s refugees live in cities. Among them are refugees from Somalia living in precarious circumstances in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. |






