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May 23, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
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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 Ned Colt on December 9, 2011
Masons put the finishing coat on a new classroom at a school in Baghdad. The IRC is funding rehabilitation of schools and teacher training in much of Iraq. more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Middle East, Iraq | Tags: children, education, schools |
Posted by The IRC on December 8, 2011
Kamila Abdul Nabi tells CBS Atlanta how she and her family feared for their lives in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Now living in the United States, she has realized a lifelong dream to own a business. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: refugees, resettlement, Afghan refugees |
Posted by Heidi lehmann on December 8, 2011
At the Dadaab refugee camp, where the IRC provides lifesaving services to refugees fleeing the drought and famine in Somalia, there has been a four-fold increase in reports of sexual violence since the start of the crisis in June. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: Sexual Violence, Dadaab refugee camps, Somali refugees, women | 1 Comments
Posted by The IRC on December 7, 2011
In a story that aired on Monday, CBS Atlanta looked at how the IRC helps refugees restart their lives, and interviewed a family who left everything behind. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: refugees, resettlement, news, Congolese refugees |
Posted by The IRC on December 7, 2011
We’re delighted to see IRC Rescue Gifts — holiday gifts that save lives— getting mentions in so many gift guides this year. Here’s just a sampling. more »
Tags: how to help, Rescue Gifts |
Posted by The IRC on December 6, 2011
IRC Voice Jencarlos Canela talks about an IRC-run “child-friendly space” he visited yesterday in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The IRC makes sure young earthquake survivors have safe places where they can play, learn and heal. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, natural disasters, Haiti, earthquake, Jencarlos Canela, child-friendly Space | 1 Comments
Posted by Jane Yang on December 6, 2011
The Logiels, like many families in remote Turkana, Kenya, have been suffering through the worst drought to hit East Africa in six decades. Read about how the IRC helped save their three-year-old daughter's life. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: children, drought, health, malnutrition, natural disasters, Turkana |
Posted by Ned Colt on December 5, 2011
During this past summer, the IRC rehabilitated nine schools in northern Pakistan that were damaged or destroyed in the record flooding of 2010. more »
Posted in Pakistan Floods, Asia, Pakistan | Tags: education, Pakistan floods |
Posted by Kathleen Sands Adams on December 5, 2011
On International Volunteer Day, a brilliant thought from Albert Einstein and a word of thanks -- plus ways to get involved with the IRC. more »
Posted in Volunteering | Tags: refugees, Albert Einstein, IRC history, volunteer, International Volunteer Day |
Posted by The IRC on December 4, 2011
An IRC Rescue Gift -- a flock of chickens -- leads Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nicholas D. Kristof's annual round-up of great charities and meaningful holiday gifts. The column appeared in today's New York Times. more »
Tags: Nicholas Kristof, news, agriculture, howtohelp, charitable giving, Rescue Gifts |
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