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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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Emergency Response
Posted by The.IRC on April 18th, 2012
The IRC's Elizabeth Pender shares an update from the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan, temporary home to more than 20,000 Sudanese who have fled ongoing fighting and severe food shortages in South Kordofan. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugee camps, Sudanese refugees, humanitarian aid, South Kordofan | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on April 18th, 2012
The IRC's Elizabeth Pender tells CNN how the IRC is helping women and girls who have fled brutal fighting in Sudan's Nuba Mountains only to experience sexual violence in an overflowing refugee camp in South Sudan. Watch video. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: emergencies, health, Sexual Violence, conflict, women, humanitarian aid, South Kordofan |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on April 17th, 2012
The IRC's Sophia Jones-Mwangi writes from western Chad about IRC nutrition and health programs that are helping people who are coping with drought there. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad | Tags: drought, malnutrition, Sahel crisis, Chad_Sahel |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on April 16th, 2012
The IRC is scaling up nutrition programs and medical assistance in response to the worsening drought and food crisis in Africa's arid Sahel region. The IRC's Sophia Jones-Mwangi is posting updates from western Chad. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad | Tags: children, health, malnutrition, humanitarian aid, emergency reponse, Sahel crisis, Bahr el Gazal, measles, Chad_Sahel |
Posted by bob.kitchen on April 13th, 2012
The IRC Emergency Response Team is in Mali, assessing humanitarian needs in both rebel-controlled areas in the north, and in areas afflicted by severe drought in the government-controlled south. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: emergency response, Mali, Sahel |
Posted by Jane Yang on April 12th, 2012
The son of subsistence farmers from southern Somalia, Ahmed Hassan Osman is pursuing his dream of becoming a doctor while he works with the IRC to help other Somali refugees in Kenya. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Humanitarian Aid, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: aid workers, drought, health, refugee camps, Dadaab refugee camps, Somali refugees, nutrition |
Posted by bob.kitchen on April 2nd, 2012
The International Rescue Committee is launching an emergency response in Mali, where the drought spreading across the Sahel region has been compounded by political instability. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: refugees, conflict, natural disaster, humanitarian aid, Mali, Sahel | 1 Comments
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 Luan Meraku on March 19th, 2012
The IRC is providing emergency support for Syrian refugees in Jordan, whose numbers are increasing daily. Here, the view from IRC deputy regional director Luan Meraku. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Urban Refugees, Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: urban refugees, conflict, emergency response, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on March 16th, 2012
The IRC's Luan Meraku describes the atmosphere of fear that pervades the Syrian refugee community in Jordan. Learn how the IRC is assisting these "petrified" refugees as violence in Syria escalates. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: emergency relief, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
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