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May 23, 2013
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Thanks to your support, we made @Klout's list of the world's most influential NGOs on social media: t.co/Abc4bTjEY0 #KloutPulse
May 23, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
May 22, 2013
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Less than 10 yrs after fleeing Somalia, Amal Kahim Jama & her family became refugees again, in Syria: t.co/wZkmKWqy00 via @AJEnglish
May 22, 2013
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Posted by Peter.Biro on August 19th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, Liberia | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, IRC-UK, John Hurt |
Posted by joanne.offer on August 17th, 2009
During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s seven-nation tour of Africa this month, Joanne Offer is telling the stories of Somali refugees who are facing hard times in an overcrowded camp in Kenya. more »
Posted in Somalia | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya | 2 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on August 12th, 2009
Mohamed Yusuf was beaten on the back of his knee by a soldier during his journey from Kismayo in Somalia to a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya “The soldier used the back of his gun against my knee and I’ve had problems walking ever since,” says Mohamed. more »
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, refugee camps, Somali refugees in Kenya, conflict | 2 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on August 11th, 2009
Mohamed is 15 and comes from Kismayo in Somalia. Dahir says: “My father died in the fighting – he wasn’t a soldier, our village was attacked. I also lost my mother during the civil war and I don’t know where she is." more »
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya, conflict | 2 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on August 7th, 2009
Eighteen-year-old Iftin Mohamed dropped out of school when she was just ten or eleven. (Although school is free, families say they have to provide materials like notebooks and pens.) Iftin now has a ten-month old daughter, Magal, who’s been struggling to get over an infection. more »
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, health, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya, conflict, mothers, nutrition |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 7th, 2009
Even as thousands of displaced Pakistani families head home to the Swat district, thousands more are still fleeing violence elsewhere in the country’s volatile northwest. "The crisis in Pakistan is far from over," says Mike Young, the IRC's Pakistan country representative. more »
Posted by joanne.offer on August 6th, 2009
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya |
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