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Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on June 14th, 2013
I first met Abdallah Ibrahim Yare in Dadaab complex, home to 500,000 refugees, two years ago at the height of the famine in Somalia. He and his family, along with thousands of others, had trekked for days to Kenya in search of food and safety. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, hunger, malnutrition, Somali refugees, Dadaab, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim |
Posted by The.IRC on June 13th, 2013
After more than two years of civil war in Syria, a humanitarian disaster is gripping the Middle East. Over four million Syrians are now in dire need of assistance. On June 11, the IRC hosted a phone briefing on the Syria crisis and our response. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, aid workers, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by Ned Colt on June 7th, 2013
At $5.2 billion, the total figure for Syria aid is staggering. It’s more than three times the size of the appeal for Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and more than four times the size of the 2004 South Asian tsunami appeal. Of the $5 billion? $2.98 billion is earmarked for Syrian refugees, while $1.4 billion is to pay for in-country aid work. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria | Tags: refugees, United Nations, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by Sharon.Waxman on June 7th, 2013
The IRC's Sharon Waxman on what the international community needs to do to get aid into Syria, how to best support refugees and countries hosting them to prevent escalation of tensions, and how to help refugees realize their rights. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, Advocacy, conflict, war, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on June 5th, 2013
The IRC's Mike Young says the scale of need dwarfs the supply of aid: "As fighting rages, refugees seek safety in ever greater numbers, stressing already depleted resources and the goodwill of the countries hosting them." more »
Posted in Advocacy, Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, Advocacy, conflict, war, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by Ned Colt on May 30th, 2013
IRC Lebanon country director Bryce Perry discusses what we are doing to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon and warns that the crisis has outstripped the capacity of aid agencies to respond. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Emergency Response, Humanitarian Aid, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, war, Syrian crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on May 29th, 2013
One in every four Syrians has been displaced by a devastating civil war. The IRC is on the ground to help. See how your support is translating into lifesaving assistance both within Syria and in neighboring countries. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Emergency Response, HIV/Aids, Humanitarian Aid, Mothers, War, Education, Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on May 20th, 2013
Google's video thank-you to the 1 million developers who have used its tools to build innovative maps spotlights an aid map that shows the IRC's work helping Haitians recover from a devastating earthquake. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: Haiti Earthquake, maps, humanitarian aid, Google |
Posted by terah.edun on May 12th, 2013
“We’re on track to deliver more than 50 babies this week,” says Judith, head midwife for the IRC's women's health center at the Yida refugee settlement in South Sudan. “The average is 35 babies per week, but recently we delivered 21 babies in one night." more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, Sudanese refugees, women, mothers, maternal health, South Kordofan |
Posted by Peter.Biro on April 9th, 2013
When fire swept through the Ban Mae Surin camp on March 22, thirteen-year old Sha Nay Htoo’s immediate reaction was not to flee the flames, but to help rescue other refugees. Today, Sha Nay is lying in a hospital bed with third degree burns over most of his body. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, emergency relief, health, Karenni refugees, Ban Mae Surin |
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