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Posted by The.IRC on September 8th, 2011
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies visits an International Rescue Committee literacy class for refugee women in Atlanta, where she spent the summer working on the second season of AMC’s hit series "The Walking Dead." more »
Posted in IRC Voice, United States, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: refugees, resettlement, Atlanta, IRC Voices, Photo of the Day, Sarah Wayne Callies, literacy |
Posted by The.IRC on September 8th, 2011
As the worst drought in 60 years ravages East Africa, IRC president George Rupp and former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman discuss what the United States can do to anticipate future famines and lessen the devastation. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, drought, George Rupp, hunger, news, natural disasters, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine |
Posted by The.IRC on September 7th, 2011
The IRC's First Things First Family Learning Center in San Diego offers classes in English, literacy and basic life skills for newly arrived refugee parents while helping their children get ready for kindergarten. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - San Diego, CA | Tags: children, refugees, education. San Diego, Photo of the Day |
Posted by The.IRC on September 7th, 2011
Sarah Costa, executive director of IRC affiliate Women's Refugee Commission, discusses why it's time to put the lives and safety of women and girls who are fleeing the drought in Somalia at the top of the humanitarian agenda. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, drought, refugee camps, Women's Refugee Commission, natural disasters, Dadaab refugee camps, women, famine, Somalia Refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on September 6th, 2011
Five years after being separated from his young daughter, Nura, Idris Ismail — a refugee from Eritrea — is reunited with her with the help of the IRC in Salt Lake City. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Salt Lake City, UT | Tags: refugees, resettlement, Salt Lake City, Eritrean refugees, Photo of the Day |
Posted by Photo.of.the.Da... on September 5th, 2011
The majority of the nearly 700,000 earthquake survivors in Haiti who are still displaced are living in makeshift settlements on private land. Neighbors came to the rescue as a property owner prepared to lock out these children and families like theirs. more »
Posted in Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, natural disasters, Haiti, earthquake, humanitarian aid, evictions, Photo of the Day |
Posted by Sue Dwyer - IRC on September 2nd, 2011
Last week, I wrote about the heart-wrenching generosity of Somali refugees in Dadaab, Kenya who are giving of what little they have to help newly arrived families in need. Today I want to pay tribute to the personal sacrifices of my IRC colleagues in Dadaab -- truly an outstanding group of nurses, nutritionists, doctors, social workers, and field office and logistics specialists. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, drought, refugee camps, Kenya, natural disasters, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on September 2nd, 2011
Poor rains in the Horn and East Africa have led to crop failure, loss of livestock and soaring food prices -- and famine has been declared in five areas of southern Somalia. Somali refugees must walk for days to reach the Dolo Ado camps in Ethiopia. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, Ethiopia, drought, water, Kenya, natural disasters, Somalia, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine, Dolo Ado, Photo of the Day |
Posted by The.IRC on September 1st, 2011
For seven weeks this summer, the IRC's Newcomer School Readiness Program in Seattle helped newly arrived refugee children and teens prepare for the upcoming school year — their first in the United States. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Seattle, WA | Tags: children, refugees, resettlement, education, photos, Seattle, United States, Photo of the Day |
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