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Cyclone Mahasan update: It spared Myanmar almost entirely, and the storm’s impact in Rakhine State was minimal.
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Cyclone Mahasan update: Storm weakened & then dissipated Thurs, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh.
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VOICES FROM THE FIELDTHE IRC BLOG
Quoted: "I love this IRC farm"
August 6, 2012
By The IRC
A refugee gardener picks heirloom green beans grown at the IRC's New Roots garden at Drew Gardens in the Bronx.
Photo: Donna Alberico/IRC
"I love this IRC farm."
- Winnie Aye, 49, a Burmese refugee who gardens at an International Rescue Committee New Roots farm in New York. She's featured in a recent USA Today story profiling the New Roots program, which helps recently resettled refugees to become self-sufficient and contribute to their new home in the United States through community gardening, nutrition education and small-business farming.
Read more: Refugees find peace, establish roots with urban gardens, USA Today, August 4
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