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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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@IRCPress You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Crisis in Darfur, 10 Years On" t.co/guLOti8F02
May 21, 2013
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RT @IRCPress: Race against time to aid new #Darfur #refugees in Chad before rains begin: t.co/z6eDBFeR1I
May 21, 2013
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Posted by The.IRC on March 30th, 2012
The IRC's director of emergency response programs on the hunger crisis and escalating violence in Mali ... plus other notable quotes touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
Posted in Sahel Crisis, Mali | Tags: Mali |
Posted by The.IRC on March 30th, 2012
Refugees learning English as part of employment readiness training run by the International Rescue Committee in Tucson, Arizona more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Tucson, AZ | Tags: refugees, resettlement, ESL | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on March 30th, 2012
The "Half the Sky" trailer is out and includes a sound bite from the IRC's Amie Kandeh, whose work with women and girls in Sierra Leone is featured in the film. Mark your calendars - this amazing series will air on PBS in October. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Sierra Leone | Tags: violence against women, women, Half the Sky |
Posted by The.IRC on March 29th, 2012
The International Rescue Committee is deploying an emergency team to Mali to set up urgent humanitarian aid programs as drought ravages the country and flaring violence and political instability force thousands from their homes. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: drought, health, sanitation, water, emergency response, humanitarian aid, Mali, Sahel | 6 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on March 29th, 2012
On a recent visit to eastern Zimbabwe the IRC's Sophia Jones-Mwangi was delighted to meet the girl who was pictured on our website dancing across a new footbridge built with help from the IRC. more »
Posted in Africa, Zimbabwe | Tags: children, community-led development | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on March 28th, 2012
Check out IRC-UK media officer Stefano Gelmini's latest piece on Huff Post UK about an innovative IRC program tackling violence against women in Ivory Coast through social and traditional media. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Ivory Coast | Tags: IRC-UK, Sexual Violence, women |
Posted by The.IRC on March 28th, 2012
Fatuma, a widow, sells salt, sugar, rice and other staples from her roadside stall in the Galkacyo district of central Somalia. Poor access to clean water in her community ended in tragedy for her daughter. more »
Posted in Health, Women, Africa, Somalia | Tags: drought, Sexual Violence, water, women, Wake Up | 1 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on March 27th, 2012
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies recently visited Thai camps on the border with Myanmar, also known as Burma, where the IRC assists Karenni and other Burmese refugees. more »
Posted in Resettlement, Asia, United States, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, resettlement, IRC Voice, Sarah Wayne Callies, Sarah Wayne Callies in Thailand | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on March 27th, 2012
After fleeing drought and famine in Somalia, Saadia and her family arrived on the outskirts of a refugee camp in Kenya last July. Life there was very difficult, and Saadia and her husband started to fight. After he beat her, she turned to the IRC, which gave her support and a new-found confidence. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Horn of Africa Drought, Domestic Violence, Africa, Kenya | Tags: domestic violence, drought, women, famine |
Posted by The.IRC on March 26th, 2012
In response to the recent groundswell of public interest in Joseph Kony, we put out a call for questions about the situation in Uganda and other countries impacted by the LRA. Here are answers to a selection of the ones we received via social media. more »
Posted in Uganda | Tags: refugees, LRA, uganda, Joseph Kony, KONY 2012 | 2 Comments
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