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The IRC helps a little girl see
Posted by Bayleyegn Birhanu on December 28th, 2011
May 23, 2011 was no ordinary day for 10-year-old Tigist Bogale. It was the day her life changed forever -- the day she had the operation that gave her sight for the first time. more »
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Photo Share: A Mogadishu clinic reopens after two decades
Posted by The.IRC on December 12th, 2011
Women and children wait to be seen at one of two medical facilities run by the IRC in Mogadishu, the battered capital city of war-ravaged Somalia. more »
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Feeding hope
Posted by Jane Yang on December 6th, 2011
The Logiels, like many families in remote Turkana, Kenya, have been suffering through the worst drought to hit East Africa in six decades. Read about how the IRC helped save their three-year-old daughter's life. more »
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World AIDS Day
Posted by The.IRC on December 1st, 2011
Thirty years after the first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported, IRC programs all over the world are marking the day with awareness-raising activities about preventing the spread of HIV and supporting people living with the disease. more »
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Looking at barriers refugees encounter in accessing health care
Posted by The.IRC on December 1st, 2011
The IRC in Atlanta has collaborated with the federal Centers for Disease Control in a study of Iraqi refugees in Georgia that identifies barriers refugees encounter in accessing the health care system. more »
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Keeping cholera in check in the world’s largest refugee camp
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 22nd, 2011
The IRC is responding to a cholera outbreak in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp that threatens Somalis who have fled fighting and the region's worst drought in six decades. more »
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Quoted: "Making a difference is what keeps me here"
Posted by The.IRC on November 16th, 2011
IRC nutrition nurse Sirat Amin talks about his work treating severely malnourished Somali refugee children at the IRC's hospital in Dadaab, Kenya. more »
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Photo Share: A village's first source of clean water
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on November 15th, 2011
A child collects drinking water from the first ever clean source in his Congolese village, located on a very remote shore of Kivu Lake accessible only by boat. more »
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Video: Miracle in the desert
Posted by The.IRC on November 14th, 2011
Minhaj Gedi Farah's remarkable recovery was featured on ABC News this weekend. His transformation -- from a malnourished infant on the brink of death to a chubby, giggling baby -- is a testament to the impact that timely humanitarian aid can have on the millions of people affected by the drought crisis in East Africa. more »
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Rescue Gift of the Week: Clean Water
Posted by The.IRC on November 14th, 2011
$100 can rush clean, fresh water to 200 people whose lives have been uprooted by emergencies such as war, famine or drought. more »
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