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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
May 22, 2013
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Less than 10 yrs after fleeing Somalia, Amal Kahim Jama & her family became refugees again, in Syria: t.co/wZkmKWqy00 via @AJEnglish
May 22, 2013
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@IRCPress You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Crisis in Darfur, 10 Years On" t.co/guLOti8F02
May 21, 2013
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RT @IRCPress: Race against time to aid new #Darfur #refugees in Chad before rains begin: t.co/z6eDBFeR1I
May 21, 2013
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Sahel Crisis
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on April 17th, 2012
The IRC's Sophia Jones-Mwangi writes from western Chad about IRC nutrition and health programs that are helping people who are coping with drought there. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad | Tags: drought, malnutrition, Sahel crisis, Chad_Sahel |
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 13th, 2012
The IRC Emergency Response Team is in Mali, assessing humanitarian needs in both rebel-controlled areas in the north, and in areas afflicted by severe drought in the government-controlled south. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: emergency response, Mali, 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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