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Quoted: Tom Brokaw on the IRC's origins
Posted by The.IRC on November 8th, 2011
NBC News Special Correspondent and IRC Overseer Tom Brokaw talks about the IRC's origins helping those suffering from the policies of the Hitler regime. more »
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"They are not allowed to be children"
Posted by Peter.Biro on November 8th, 2011
The IRC's Peter Aturia explains the importance of education to parents in a rural area of Uganda where children are often the breadwinners of the family. The IRC enrolls kids in safe schools with well-trained teachers more »
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Video: "Water means life"
Posted by The.IRC on November 3rd, 2011
In this short clip, a teacher in Kenya expresses his hope that children who have been forced to leave school due to the drought will now be able to continue their studies thanks to water delivered by the IRC. more »
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Photo Share: Fun and games, Seattle
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 2nd, 2011
Fun and games -- and plenty of hard work, too -- helped 55 newly arrived refugee children and teens in Seattle get ready for their first experience in an American classroom. more »
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Photo of the Day: Kite-flying, Liberia
Posted by The.IRC on October 18th, 2011
Amid years of civil war and turmoil in Liberia, schools were closed and education was interrupted. Now with fewer schools and teachers, the IRC is working to get kids back into the classroom. more »
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Photo of the Day: Homework, Sierra Leone
Posted by The.IRC on October 17th, 2011
Jenny Koroma, 15, does her homework after finishing her household chores. Jenny attends a secondary school in the Kenema district of eastern Sierra Leone that receives support from the IRC. more »
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Photo of the Day: Math lesson, Liberia
Posted by The.IRC on October 11th, 2011
A teacher walks his students through a math problem at the Zelemai primary school in Lofa, Liberia's northernmost county, The IRC educates over 16,000 Liberian children and youth. more »
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Photo of the Day: Computer savvy, Atlanta
Posted by The.IRC on October 7th, 2011
These boys in Atlanta enjoy computer time -- part of an IRC program that provides refugees of all ages with computer training and other important skills to prepare them for school and work in the United States. more »
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Photo of the Day: Soccer match, Congo
Posted by The.IRC on October 3rd, 2011
Children attending Rushege primary school in Tongo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, play a football match against a rival school. more »
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On location with Half the Sky
Posted by melissa.winkler on October 3rd, 2011
The IRC's Melissa Winkler is in Sierra Leone, on location with the film crew of Half the Sky, a documentary series to air in 2012 on abuses and inequities faced by women and girls around the world and inspiring women who are combating them and finding solutions. more »
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