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Posted by The.IRC on September 21st, 2009
Nothing quite prepared me for my first encounter with a severely malnourished child. On a recent visit to the Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya, an IRC doctor showed me into the Hagadera hospital, where the IRC treats malnourished children. more »
Posted in Health, Kenya | Tags: children, refugees, humanitarian, malnutrition, refugee camps | 1 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on August 7th, 2009
Eighteen-year-old Iftin Mohamed dropped out of school when she was just ten or eleven. (Although school is free, families say they have to provide materials like notebooks and pens.) Iftin now has a ten-month old daughter, Magal, who’s been struggling to get over an infection. more »
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, health, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya, conflict, mothers, nutrition |
Posted by Peter.Biro on June 27th, 2009
Some 140,000 refugees live in nine remote camps in Thailand near its border with Myanmar, also known as Burma. Refugees have been fleeing Myanmar for decades to escape civil strife, political upheaval and economic stagnation. Many of the refugees are members of the Karen or Karenni ethnic groups who speak their own languages and follow their own customs. more »
Posted in Health, Thailand | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Tham Hin | 1 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on June 21st, 2009
Posted in Health, HIV/Aids, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, father's day, fathersday, humanitarian |
Posted by joanne.offer on June 20th, 2009
The official statistics tell us that the population in Dadaab refugee camp has now exploded past 275,000. Even though I’ve seen this for myself, I find it hard to put such numbers into context, they are so unimaginably huge. The theme of this year’s World Refugee Day – real people, real needs – is therefore apt. more »
Posted in Health, Somalia | Tags: refugees, World Refugee Day, drought, humanitarian, hunger, refugee camps, Somali refugees in Kenya |
Posted by The.IRC on June 3rd, 2009
Seated inside the communal hall in St. John’s Church in the remote Ugandan town of Iriiri, Gloria Irota is not attending a service. Rather, she’s learning how to identify symptoms of malaria in young children. Although malaria has long been treatable, it still kills tens of thousands of Ugandan children every year. more »
Posted in Health, Uganda | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Karamoja, Malaria | 1 Comments
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 The.IRC on May 21st, 2009
Posted in Health, United States, Nepal | Tags: refugees, Bhutan, humanitarian, Misha Cohen, New York City |
Posted by The.IRC on April 28th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, video, Glenn Close, humanitarian, Mother's Day, South Sudan |
Posted by Peter.Biro on April 23rd, 2009
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