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May 24, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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A woman awaits a checkup at an IRC clinic inside #Syria. t.co/KYCuHf1zWA Photo: Peter Biro/IRC t.co/qptp52tHvi
May 23, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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Syria Crisis
Posted by The.IRC on March 11th, 2013
Syria’s devastating civil war continues, driving more than one million people to seek safety in neighboring countries. Call on your member of Congress to ensure that Syrian refugees receive the humanitarian assistance they desperately need. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon | Tags: Advocacy, conflict, howtohelp, Syrian conflict |
Posted by Ned Colt on March 6th, 2013
There were no balloons or a band to welcome this 1 millionth arrival. Frankly? We’ll never know who the millionth Syrian refugee was. Odds are it was a child, because 52 percent of those fleeing Syria are 17 or younger. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Children & Youth, Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: children, refugees, emergency relief, Advocacy, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on February 27th, 2013
Nurse Areej Obiedat performs a blood test on a pregnant Syrian refugee in an IRC clinic in the Jordanian city of Mafraq. 70% of Syrian refugees who have fled their country's civil war live outside of refugee camps. more »
Posted in Health, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: health, urban refugees, maternal health, Syrian refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 27th, 2013
We humans have gotten very good at waging war, but what about waging peace? That's the topic actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies tackles in her latest blog, after returning from a trip to see IRC programs for Syrian refugees in Iraq and Jordan. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, refugee camps, IRC Voices, Syrian refugees, sarahwaynecallies_syria, how yo help | 6 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 19th, 2013
Things are bad for Syrian refugees right now, despite the generosity of their hosts in Jordan, northern Iraq and elsewhere. Conditions are desperate in many places, and it’s heartbreaking to see children living in muddy tents... more »
Posted in Urban Refugees, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, conflict, IRC Voices, Syrian refugees |
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 15th, 2013
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies visits Syrian women in Mafraq, a city in northern Jordan about ten miles from the border with Syria. They are among tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who have foregone camps to fend for themselves in cities in Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey. more »
Posted in Urban Refugees, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: refugees, Jordan, urban refugees, Syrian refugees, Mafraq | 3 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 15th, 2013
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies and her husband Josh Winterhalt recently traveled to Iraq with the IRC. Josh took the photographs and Sarah provided the captions for this photo essay. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Iraq | Tags: photos, refugee camp, Syrian refugees, Kurdish refugees, sarahwaynecallies_syria | 1 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 13th, 2013
I have been anticipating and dreading the Domiz camp women’s meeting for weeks. It was from Domiz camp that I heard the reports of sexual violence I wrote about in my first blog. Two days ago we finally sat down to talk together. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Women, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Sexual Violence, women, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis, Kurdish refugees, sarahwaynecallies_syria | 5 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on February 13th, 2013
The IRC's Sana Brosnan was interviewed for a recent PBS NewsHour report on the hardships facing Syrian refugees in Lebanon. She says the humanitarian crisis has evolved "very, very quickly." Watch video. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Lebanon | Tags: video, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 8th, 2013
Darfur got George Clooney. Haiti got Sean Penn. Cambodia got Angelina Jolie. The Syrian Kurds got me, Sarah Wayne Callies. That is the simplest and most direct metric I know to convey how bad it is for them right now. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Iraq | Tags: refugees, refugee camps, conflict, humanitarian aid, IRC Voices, Syrian refugees, sarahwaynecallies_syria, Domiz | 1 Comments
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