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Posted by The.IRC on June 25th, 2010
Five-year-old Kushal, who resettled in New York with his parents, shows off his Michael Jackson dance moves, which he learned in a refugee camp in Nepal. more »
Posted in Nepal | Tags: refugees, Bhutan, humanitarian, Michael Jackson, Misha Cohen |
Posted by The.IRC on June 25th, 2010
The IRC's emergency team in Kyrgyzstan visited two neighboring villages along the border with Uzbekistan to assess the needs of displaced people and returning refugees. more »
Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, Osh, referendum, Uzbek, Uzbekistan |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on June 23rd, 2010
Despite all the excitement building up to the FIFA World Cup 2010, some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s biggest soccer fans were preoccupied with a whole other tournament. more »
Posted in United States | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, FIFA World Cup, Refugee World Cup, worldcup | 1 Comments
Posted by Misha Cohen on June 22nd, 2010
Freelance photographer and IRC volunteer Misha Cohen has been telling the story of the Bhutanese Timsina family’s first months in the U.S. in pictures. Since their arrival in the U.S., the Timsina family is able to enjoy freedoms that were stripped from them in Bhutan. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, Bhutan, bhutanese, Bronx, humanitarian, Misha Cohen, NYC, urban refugees, Nepal | 1 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on June 18th, 2010
IRC president George Rupp speaks at a World Refugee Day event at the State Department, describing a "shared commitment" to assist refugees. more »
Tags: refugees, World Refugee Day, George Rupp, humanitarian |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on June 10th, 2010
"Wherever you are in the world, no matter how poor or troubled you are, there is always soccer," says Ali Kareem, a refugee from Iraq who resettled in California. more »
Tags: refugees, humanitarian, FIFA World Cup, football, Refugee World Cup, soccer | 1 Comments
Posted by Peter.Biro on June 9th, 2010
In the northern Thai town of Mae Sot, the IRC’s Peter Biro recently met U Mya Aye, a Burmese farmer being treated for tuberculosis at the IRC-supported Mae Tao Clinic. more »
Posted by Anne.Richard on June 2nd, 2010
Anne Richard, the IRC's vice president of government relations, shares her impressions from a speech by Rajiv Shah, the new Administrator of USAID (the federal government agency that provides aid to developing countries). more »
Tags: refugees, aid, humanitarian, Advocacy |
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