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Posted by The.IRC on June 18th, 2012
Join us on June 27 for a phone briefing from the field as IRC experts assess the widening drought disaster in Africa and describe the impact of the IRC's response. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Events, Horn of Africa Drought, Sahel Crisis, GenR, Africa, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali | Tags: drought, humanitarian aid, famine, Sahel | 1 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on April 24th, 2012
The IRC's Sophia Jones-Mwangi speaks with IRC medical staff who are at the forefront of providing crucial care throughout the drought-stricken Bahr el Gazal region of western Chad. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad | Tags: aid workers, health, hunger, malnutrition, food, poverty, community health workers, humanitarian aid, Bahr el Gazal, Chad_Sahel, health care, pneumonia |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on April 16th, 2012
The IRC is scaling up nutrition programs and medical assistance in response to the worsening drought and food crisis in Africa's arid Sahel region. The IRC's Sophia Jones-Mwangi is posting updates from western Chad. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad | Tags: children, health, malnutrition, humanitarian aid, emergency reponse, Sahel crisis, Bahr el Gazal, measles, Chad_Sahel |
Posted by bob.kitchen on April 2nd, 2012
The International Rescue Committee is launching an emergency response in Mali, where the drought spreading across the Sahel region has been compounded by political instability. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: refugees, conflict, natural disaster, humanitarian aid, Mali, Sahel | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on March 30th, 2012
The IRC's director of emergency response programs on the hunger crisis and escalating violence in Mali ... plus other notable quotes touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
Posted in Sahel Crisis, Mali | Tags: Mali |
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
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