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May 17, 2013
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RT @DCComics: Amazing. 2.6k of you gave $150K+ to #WeCanBeHeroes. Big thanks from DCComics @SavetheChildren @mercycorps @theIRC t.co…
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: It spared Myanmar almost entirely, and the storm’s impact in Rakhine State was minimal.
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: Storm weakened & then dissipated Thurs, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh.
May 17, 2013
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Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 28th, 2010
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Haiti | Tags: charity, refugees, video, George Rupp, humanitarian | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 26th, 2010
Photos from Anna Husarska with the IRC's emergency team in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Anna is telling the stories of Haitians made homeless by this month's devastating earthquake. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Haiti | Tags: anna husarska, humanitarian, photos, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters |
Posted by The.IRC on January 26th, 2010
The IRC's Peter Biro tells CNN about the people and conditions he encountered on his most recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Inside Africa. more »
Posted in War, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: refugees, video, humanitarian, news, conflict |
Posted by The.IRC on January 25th, 2010
We're excited that Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars and their record label Cumbancha are donating 100% of the proceeds from the early release of a new song to the IRC's earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. The song, "Global Threat," is from the forthcoming album Rise & Shine. more »
Posted in Haiti, Sierra Leone | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, mp3, music, Refugee All Stars, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars | 3 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 20th, 2010
The ideal situation is to keep kids in a familiar surrounding with family members or with others that they know and not to remove them from a familiar setting because this just can increase their distress and make it harder for them to recover ultimately. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Haiti | Tags: charity, children, humanitarian, orphans, sarah smith, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters | 11 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on January 19th, 2010
Elizabeth remembers the first day she went to be tested for HIV. “It was frightening and I walked up to the door of the testing center but I didn’t go in,” she admits. On the second day, Elizabeth managed to pluck up the courage to be tested and discovered she was positive. more »
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 19th, 2010
Gillian Dunn, IRC emergency response director, spoke with The Takeaway on NPR this morning from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. more »
Posted in Haiti | Tags: emergency, humanitarian, NPR, news, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 14th, 2010
The IRC is immensely grateful for the outpouring of support we've received and hope you can help us spread the word about our Emergency Response team's work in Haiti. more »
Posted in Haiti | Tags: charity, emergency, humanitarian, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters | 3 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 11th, 2010
Today I’m in Bangkok, visiting an IRC office that helps refugees in Asia who can't return to their home countries make an informed decision about whether to apply for resettlement in the United States. more »
Posted in Resettlement, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bangkok, culture, humanitarian, Karen, OPE |
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