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Every day, IRC humanitarian workers are rescuing lives. Here, they offer a glimpse of their experiences, the challenges they face and the courageous people they meet by sharing videos, photos and stories.
Posted by Ned Colt on April 2, 2013
A Syrian watchdog group says more Syrians died in March than in any previous month since the start of fighting there two years ago. The IRC is ramping up its efforts to help Syrian civilians inside and outside their country. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Syria | Tags: refugees, Syria, death, displaced |
Posted by Peter Biro on April 1, 2013
To prevent an outbreak of disease, the IRC is providing desperately-needed drinking water to residents in the fire-ravaged Ban Mae Surin camp on the Thailand-Myanmar border. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, humanitarian aid, refugee camp, Ban Mae Surin, Karen refugees |
Posted by Peter Biro on March 28, 2013
The IRC is stepping up its support of children in the embattled Gao and Mopti regions of northern Mali, organizing programs for over 2,500 war-affected children in an area still recovering from a year of conflict and occupation by militants. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: children, drought, malnutrition, education, conflict, Sahel |
Posted by The IRC on March 28, 2013
The IRC is saddened to report that La Say Paw, a laboratory technician with the IRC’s refugee partner organization, the Karenni Health Department, was killed on March 22 in the blaze that took the lives of 36 others and injured over 200 in the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp in northwest Thailand. more »
Posted in Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, Ban Mae Surin |
Posted by The IRC on March 27, 2013
Naget fled shelling in the Syrian city of Homs ten months ago. In February her family became one of the first to join the IRC’s cash distribution program, which provides debit cards and funds for Syrian refugees in Lebanon to use on basic necessities. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Middle East, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The IRC on March 27, 2013
Today the IRC announced that David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, would succeed George Rupp as our president and CEO in September. more »
Tags: George Rupp, David Miliband | 1 Comments
Posted by The IRC on March 26, 2013
Explore DADAAB STORIES, an online multimedia experience just launched by our partner FilmAid International. Video, poetry, music, radio, community journalism and blogs tell personal stories from the world's largest refugee camp. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Dadaab, Somali refugees. refugees |
Posted by The IRC on March 25, 2013
What is life like in the refugee camps strung along Thailand's border with Myanmar? Last year actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies visited some of these camps and shared her impressions in a series of videos and blog posts. more »
Posted by Peter Biro on March 25, 2013
The IRC is providing aid to survivors of a fire at a refugee camp in Thailand that killed 37 people on Friday. The fire destroyed hundreds of makeshift huts at Ban Mae Surin camp, which is home to some 3,500 ethnic Karen refugees who have fled ethnic conflict in neighboring Myanmar. The fire also destroyed the camp’s clinic and hospital. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, Karen, emergency response, refugee camp, Ban Mae Surin |
Posted by The IRC on March 22, 2013
Watch the stories of Fozia Ahmed Karshe and Hawa Ali Ibrahim; they are linchpins of their community, teaching people how to keep their water clean, and managing the water points within the displaced persons camp they live in. more »
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