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The IRC's top 11 humanitarian aid blog posts of 2011


December 29, 2011
By The IRC

Here is a quick recap of the most popular blog posts by International Rescue Committee aid workers and other IRC colleagues in 2011:
 

11. IRC's 'detective work' still reuniting families in Haiti

Nine months after the earthquake, an IRC family tracing team's detective work brought an overjoyed Oservio Janvier and his little boy, nine-year-old Genald, back together.

 

10. For-profit orphanages keep Haitian families apart

Jennifer Morgan, who coordinates the IRC’s family tracing programs in Haiti, with 2-year-old Geralda



9. A fearless advocate for Somali women in Dadaab

Ruth Kimaathi wearing an outfit made with fabric dyed by Somali women in a business skills training program the IRC runs in the Dadaab refugee camp.

 

8. Cholera after the earthquake

At an IRC clinic in Port-au-Prince, patients are screened for diarrhea and dehydration.

 

7.  John Legend spotlights the critical needs of refugee children

John Legend performs "Wake Up" from International Rescue Committee on Vimeo.



6. IRC Rescue Gift tops New York Times holiday giving list

Boy with chickens donated to his family by the IRC

 

5. Photo Share: Earning a good living, Liberia

Annie Grant runs a fruit and vegetable stand in a suburb of Monrovia, Liberia.

 

4. 7 ways the U.S. can fight drought in Africa

Somali families who have fled East Africa's worst drought in decades wait to register for assistance outside a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya.

 

3. Quoted: Tom Brokaw on the IRC's origins

Tom Brokaw with children at an IRC youth center in Rwanda in 2007

 

2. Photo Share: A Liberian school's only female teacher

Anna K. Kolubah teaches at the Telemu Primary School in Lofa County, Liberia.

 

1. “Face of the famine” baby, Minhaj, before and after

Left: Baby Minhaj Gedi Farah, one week after he arrived at the IRC hospital emaciated and at the brink of death. Right: A chubby-cheeked and playful Minhaj two months after leaving the hospital.


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