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@LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall Hope it's an amazing night! Thanks for your support.
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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Call Senate Judiciary Cttee & urge them to pass #CIR that includes protections for asylees & #refugees: t.co/4OQrSoAGVt #CIRmarkup
May 16, 2013
VOICES FROM THE FIELD THE IRC BLOG
Darfur Refugees
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on March 1st, 2013
In February, the IRC’s Sophia Jones-Mwangi visited the Oure Cassoni camp in eastern Chad, home to 280,000 Darfuri refugees, some of whom have been living there for a decade. more »
Posted in Darfur Refugees, Chad | Tags: Darfur, conflict, humanitarian aid, Darfuri refugees, refugee camp | 1 Comments
Posted by Peter.Biro on March 1st, 2013
Almost a decade ago, as people started to flee their scorched villages in Darfur, Sudan, I traveled to the town of Bahai in northeastern Chad, where the IRC was the only humanitarian organization assisting the flood of people crossing the border. more »
Posted in Darfur Refugees, Africa, Chad | Tags: refugee camps, Darfur, conflict, war, humanitarian aid, #Darfur10 |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 30th, 2011
IRC president George Rupp moderated a panel discussion on Africa on Monday that featured former IRC communications officer Emily Holland, co-author of a memoir about child soldiers in Liberia. more »
Posted in Darfur Refugees, Africa, Liberia | Tags: Emily Holland, George Rupp, child soldiers, Darfur, noted |
Posted by melissa.winkler on August 23rd, 2011
Tamam, an IRC health manager in Chad, sent on these images of a recent sandstorm that hit Bahai -- a desert outpost where we aid refugees from Darfur. They really show the remote and extreme conditions in which IRC staff sometimes work in order to bring humanitarian aid to people who need it the most. more »
Posted in Darfur Refugees, Africa, Chad | Tags: Bahai, photos, Darfur, Chad, humanitarian aid, Darfuri refugees |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on June 3rd, 2009
Posted in Health, Darfur Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, South Sudan |
Posted by tim.lash on April 22nd, 2009
Thanks to all of you who signed the IRC Petition to Keep Humanitarian Aid in Sudan. Amazingly, more than 28,000 people from around the world added their names during the petition drive from March 4 to April 6. Together we protested the Government of Sudan’s decision to close lifesaving aid programs in Darfur. more »
Posted in Darfur Refugees, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, un, Darfur, conflict | 5 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on October 23rd, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Darfur Refugees, Africa, Chad | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Chad |
Posted by joanne.offer on October 22nd, 2008
Posted in Darfur Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Chad | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Chad |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 14th, 2008
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Darfur Refugees, Sierra Leone, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, video, Azerbaijan, George Clooney, humanitarian, Rick Brennan | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on December 19th, 2007
Posted in Children & Youth, Darfur Refugees, Women, Africa | Tags: refugees, humanitarian | 8 Comments
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