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Every day, IRC humanitarian workers are rescuing lives. Here, they offer a glimpse of their experiences, the challenges they face and the courageous people they meet by sharing videos, photos and stories.
Posted by The IRC on March 27, 2009
Posted in Humanitarian Aid | Tags: refugees, aid worker blogs, Gerald Martone, humanitarian |
Posted by The IRC on March 23, 2009
Posted in Asia, United States | Tags: refugees, video, humanitarian, Vietnam |
Posted by The IRC on March 18, 2009
Posted in United States, Nepal | Tags: refugees, aid worker blogs, Bhutan, humanitarian, Misha Cohen, New York City, NYC | 7 Comments
Posted by The IRC on March 18, 2009
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian |
Posted by The IRC on March 16, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, Rwanda, Uganda | Tags: refugees, video, aid worker blogs, Amanya Ebye, genocide, humanitarian |
Posted by The IRC on March 6, 2009
For a big chunk of January, I was in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Northern Iraq, talking with Iraqis who fled their homes because they were targeted for violence. Their stories are reflected in a letter to President Obama that I co-drafted and that IRC has signed, along with 43 other leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, United States, Iraq | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Obama | 2 Comments
Posted by Kathleen Sands Adams on March 4, 2009
With more than 2 million people driven from their homes, Darfur has been described as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Now, the government of Sudan has ordered the IRC and other aid groups to shut down their life-saving programs. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian, twitter, Darfur, conflict |
Posted by Rich Burke on March 4, 2009
Every year, around International Women's Day, I think about women and girls all over the world who, like me, have the right to live with dignity, in freedom, and without fear. more »
Posted in Women, Sierra Leone | Tags: refugees, aid worker blog, domestic violence, GBV, gender based violence, humanitarian, International Women's Day | 5 Comments
Posted by Misha Cohen on March 3, 2009
Greeted by their first kiss of snow, Chet Nath, his wife, Uma, and their five-year-old son, Kushal, reach refuge in New York City—17 years after Chet Nath and Uma were exiled from their homes in Bhutan. more »
Posted in Asia, United States, US - New York, NY, Nepal | Tags: refugees, Bhutan, humanitarian, Misha Cohen, New York City, resettlement | 33 Comments
Posted by Kathleen Sands Adams on March 2, 2009
Posted in Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, aid worker blog, Huffington Post, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Kenya |
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