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Video: On the ground in Libya
Posted by The.IRC on March 4th, 2011
As people continue to flee the crisis in Libya, the IRC's Alan Manski is on the ground on the Libya-Tunisia border. He sent this footage today as 10,000 people walked from the border to a transit camp. more »
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Quoted: On the Liberia-Ivory Coast border, "we have to be prepared for the worst"
Posted by The.IRC on January 21st, 2011
“We don’t know how long the crisis will last,” says Dr. Folaranmi Ogunbowale, who oversees the IRC’s emergency health care response on the Liberia-Ivory Coast border. “But given the volatile history of this region, we have to be prepared for the worst.” more »
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Haiti marks one year since the earthquake [Audio slideshow]
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 12th, 2011
My IRC colleague Susana Ferreira captured some of the sights and sounds of the day as the people of Port-au-Prince marked the first anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake. more »
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Haiti: The IRC's work by the numbers
Posted by The.IRC on January 12th, 2011
30 camps ... 24,000 medical consultations ... Here are just a few of the numbers that measure the impact of our IRC colleagues working in Haiti. more »
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Thank you from Haiti
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on December 30th, 2010
Children in one of the IRC's child friendly spaces in Haiti offer thanks to all our loyal supporters who make the IRC's work possible around the globe. more »
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Haiti in 2010: Turning rubble into renewal
Posted by George.Rupp on December 30th, 2010
Conditions in Haiti are only marginally improved today from what they were when the earthquake struck on January 12, 2010. On a recent visit to Port-au-Prince, I was stunned by the mountains of rubble still waiting to be cleared. more »
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Quoted: "Where are the men?"
Posted by The.IRC on December 8th, 2010
An IRC medical team is delivering health care services to thousands in southern Sudan who fled Sudanese army bombings on the north-south border last month. The displaced are mostly women and children. more »
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Once again, fleeing Myanmar
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 3rd, 2010
It is early morning in Wat Maha Wong, a Buddhist temple overlooking the muddy Moei River on the Thailand side of the border with Myanmar. Hundreds of ragged and exhausted people huddle on straw mats waiting for food and medical care. more »
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Hurricane Tomas: Tweeting updates from Port-au-Prince
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 6th, 2010
IRC communications officer Susana Ferreira has been out with IRC teams in Port-au-Prince today, surveying damage from Hurricane Tomas and speaking with homeless earthquake survivors who rode out the storm in some of the city's fragile tent settlements. more »
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Stormy weather for Haiti, as Tomas nears
Posted by Susana.Ferreira on November 4th, 2010
The wind had already picked up by Thursday morning in Villambetta. It whipped around the tents and plastic tarp-covered shacks in the camp. Groups of children, grinning and oblivious to the worries of the adults, made kites by tying black plastic bags to string, hoisting them into the air. The wind carried them high. more »
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