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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 Ned Colt on March 26th, 2012
While many of us think of massive tent cities when we consider refugees, increasingly -- as in the case of Syrians fleeing their country -- many are moving into urban areas, which makes them more difficult to find and support. more »
Posted in Refuge, Urban Refugees, Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: refugees, urban refugees, conflict, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees | 1 Comments
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 |
Posted by The.IRC on March 14th, 2012
The IRC's Michael Kocher, who has a long history of working in crisis zones around the world, on NPR's Talk of the Nation, talking about the delicate dance aid workers do when working in a war zone. more »
Tags: conflict, war, aid worker, humanitarian aid |
Posted by The.IRC on March 14th, 2012
A wise suggestion from Albert Einstein, the great scientist and humanitarian at whose suggestion the IRC was founded in 1933. Today would have been Einstein's 133rd birthday. more »
Posted in Research, IRC Worldwide | Tags: Albert Einstein, IRC history, humanitarian aid, research |
Posted by Cristine Better... on March 12th, 2012
The IRC has been in northern Uganda since 1998 and our team, made up mostly of Ugandans, really understands the terrain. While Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army have most likely left the country, their violent legacy lives on. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Child Soldiers, Women, Africa, Uganda | Tags: LRA, child soldiers, conflict, humanitarian aid, Joseph Kony, Kony2012 |
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on March 8th, 2012
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies recently visited a Thai camp where the IRC assists Burmese refugees who have fled conflict and economic hardship at home. She writes about a refugee and IRC staff member whose mission is to make the camp a safe place for every woman who lives there. more »
Posted by The.IRC on March 7th, 2012
The IRC has begun construction of a women and girl’s wellness center in the Yida refugee camp where sexual assault and domestic violence survivors can receive medical treatment and counseling. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Health, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: domestic violence, Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, conflict, humanitarian aid, refugee camp |
Posted by The.IRC on March 2nd, 2012
IRC regional director Ciaran Donnelly on the slow but significant progress being made in the "extremely fragile" Democratic Republic of Congo ... plus, other notable quotes touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
Posted in Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: quoted, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on March 2nd, 2012
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies has just returned from visiting Thai camps on the border with Myanmar, also known as Burma, where the International Rescue Committee assists Burmese refugees who have fled conflict and economic hardship at home. more »
Posted in Health, Mothers, Asia, Thailand | Tags: Burmese refugees, health, refugee camps, humanitarian aid, IRC Voices, Sarah Wayne Callies, maternal health, Sarah Wayne Callies in Thailand | 2 Comments
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