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May 18, 2012
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On the blog: Uganda after #Kony: Alice Akoko’s story t.co/qpKLefsZ
May 18, 2012
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Women fleeing conflict often face increased risk of rape & domestic violence. Unacceptable? Sign the #WakeUp pledge: t.co/y3reqP3J
May 17, 2012
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Commentary by the IRC's Liz Pender: Rape & domestic violence are all too common for women who fled the Nuba mountains: t.co/vzKfhqbp
May 17, 2012
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IRC announces comprehensive project to support tens of thousands of Afghan students: t.co/mESO45Qd
May 17, 2012
VOICES FROM THE FIELDTHE IRC BLOG
IRC in the news
December 1, 2011
By The IRC
A view over the Kahe camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province. The camp was set up to shelter people who have been displaced by ongoing violence in eastern Congo.
Photo: Aubrey Wade/IRC
The World Debate—The future of Congo: Is the DRC a failed State?
BBC Radio, Nov.25
Ahead of Congo’s national elections, Ciaran Donnelly, Congo country director, participated in a wide-ranging debate before a live audience in Kinshasa on the question of whether the Democratic Republic of Congo a failed state. Donnelly discussed the IRC’s role—and the role of NGOs—in Congo. The debate was broadcast worldwide.
Miracle workers: The heroes behind Africa's famine
News.com.au (Australia), Nov. 25
News.com.au (Australia), Nov. 25
For nutrition specialist Sirat Amin, nursing children like Minhaj Gedi Farah back to health is an ongoing battle in the world’s largest refugee camp. Amin works as the head nutrition nurse at the International Rescue Committee hospital in Dadaab, Kenya, near the Somali border where he spoke about his work in the children’s ward. ‘You want to do your best but (at times) you’re overtaken by emotions and breakdown and ask why? ’he said.”
Displaced in the Desert
Huffington Post, Nov. 22
Huffington Post, Nov. 22
Article and slideshow by the IRC’s Peter Biro about the IRC’s lifesaving work in central Somalia.
Fleeing oppression —now she is a refugee in Nairobi's slum
DN.se, Stockholm, Nov. 20 (in Swedish)
DN.se, Stockholm, Nov. 20 (in Swedish)
"The loan association in Mathare, the language school in Eastleigh and the legal assistance organization are all supported by International Rescue Committee, IRC, which is partly financed through SIDA” [Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency].
Keeping tuberculosis at bay in Utah, one refugee at a time
Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 24
Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 24
The goal of the program — a successful collaboration between IRC and the local health department — is to empower the newcomers.
Refugees thankful to call Abilene home
Abilene ReporterNews.com, Nov.23
Abilene ReporterNews.com, Nov.23
The couple and a son, Rejoice, who is now 5, were resettled in Abilene through the International Rescue Committee. Rejoice now has a brother, Daniel, 3, who was born in Abilene. In just four years, the family has become Americanized enough to know about Thanksgiving, including the history behind it.
Posted in Africa, United States, US - Dallas, TX, US - Salt Lake City, UT, D.R. Congo, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: resettlement, news, humanitarian aid, Ciaran Donnelly, Congo elections
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