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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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RT @MoveEndViolence: Why do we need a #movement to end #VAWG? #MovementMaker Heidi Lehmann of @theIRC on the blog. t.co/H74c80BdAs
May 20, 2013
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@Doylech @oneworldadopt @Just_Naomi_chan @socialfund @AFRIpads @tamaraduker @lynndalsing @HuTerra @scribblymouse thanks for your support!
May 20, 2013
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RT @IRCuk: Thanks @LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall for an excellent concert & for supporting our work w. Syrian refugees #TheAsfar…
May 20, 2013
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Syria Crisis
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 21st, 2012
Jihan Bakar, 43, huddles in her tent along with her four children. Outside, a cold rain falls, turning the streets of Domiz camp in northern Iraq into slippery mud tracks. Its inhabitants, over 25,000 Syrian refugees, shelter inside the thin tarpaulins or under the corrugated tin roofs of makeshift brick huts. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Middle East, Iraq | Tags: refugees, refugee camps, conflict, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis, Kurd refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on December 19th, 2012
The United Nations predicts that the number of refugees fleeing the steadily worsening conflict in Syria will more than double in the next six months. Here’s a look at the crisis in figures. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, United Nations, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis | 2 Comments
Posted by bob.kitchen on December 11th, 2012
The IRC's Bob Kitchen recently returned from Syria’s border region, where the IRC is providing aid to thousands fleeing horrific violence. Your gift today will help us assist people struggling to recover from conflict around the world. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East | Tags: emergency relief, conflict |
Posted by The.IRC on December 3rd, 2012
The IRC's Sharon Waxman writes in The Hill that the need for the United States to respond to global humanitarian emergencies is increasing exponentially at the very time that across-the-board cuts may go into effect. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: Advocacy, quoted, foreign aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on November 30th, 2012
The stories from refugees we met about what drove them out of Syria were harrowing - massive destruction from random shelling and bombing, arrests and torture, attacks on families, including rape. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: refugees, IRC-UK, conflict, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by Ned Colt on November 26th, 2012
The UN says the number of Syrian refugees has almost doubled in the past two months: Close to 450,000 have registered to receive humanitarian aid. The IRC is doing its part to help Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: unhcr, conflict, humanitarian aid, refugee camp, Syrian refugees, Za'atri, Turkey |
Posted by Ned Colt on November 6th, 2012
Already helping thousands of refugees in Jordan and Iraq, the IRC is launching humanitarian assistance programs in Lebanon for the growing number of Syrian refugees there. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, Syria, emergency relief, girls, women, humanitarian aid, Women and Girls, Lebanon |
Posted by Ned Colt on October 18th, 2012
The IRC is expanding our support for Syrian refugee women and girls. Women are being directly targeted by rape and other forms of sexual violence -- and for them, the dangers do not end once they’ve fled the country. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Syria Crisis, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, GBV, girls, women, Syrian refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on October 3rd, 2012
What was a trickle only months ago is becoming a steady flow. During the first seven months of the year, close to 9,000 refugees crossed into Iraq from Syria. However, since early August, more than twice that number have arrived here. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Gender based Violence, Iraqi Refugees, Legal Aid, Women, Syria Crisis, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by Ned Colt on September 27th, 2012
Yesterday was the deadliest day in Syria since the conflict began 18 months ago. With the surge in fighting forcing as many as 3,000 Syrians to flee their country each day, the UN has doubled its appeal for refugee aid. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, United Nations, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
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