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@LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall Hope it's an amazing night! Thanks for your support.
May 17, 2013
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RT @DCComics: Amazing. 2.6k of you gave $150K+ to #WeCanBeHeroes. Big thanks from DCComics @SavetheChildren @mercycorps @theIRC t.co…
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: It spared Myanmar almost entirely, and the storm’s impact in Rakhine State was minimal.
May 17, 2013
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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.
May 17, 2013
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Call Senate Judiciary Cttee & urge them to pass #CIR that includes protections for asylees & #refugees: t.co/4OQrSoAGVt #CIRmarkup
May 16, 2013
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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 April 3, 2013
Congratulations to Margaret Barnard, winner of the Half the Sky / Students Rebuild Award for her tireless, inspiring work to protect and empower women and girls in her community in Sierra Leone. more »
Posted in Women, Africa, Sierra Leone | Tags: women, Half the Sky |
Posted by Ned Colt on April 2, 2013
A Syrian watchdog group says more Syrians died in March than in any previous month since the start of fighting there two years ago. The IRC is ramping up its efforts to help Syrian civilians inside and outside their country. more »
Posted by Peter Biro on April 1, 2013
To prevent an outbreak of disease, the IRC is providing desperately-needed drinking water to residents in the fire-ravaged Ban Mae Surin camp on the Thailand-Myanmar border. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, humanitarian aid, refugee camp, Ban Mae Surin, Karen refugees |
Posted by The IRC on March 31, 2013
Actress Sarah Wayne Callies gives a firsthand account of her visit to a refugee camp with the International Rescue Committee in her capacity as an IRC Voice. Watch now and please share widely to join Callies in raising awareness. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis | Tags: Syrian refugees, Syria crisis, Domiz |
Posted by Peter Biro on March 28, 2013
The IRC is stepping up its support of children in the embattled Gao and Mopti regions of northern Mali, organizing programs for over 2,500 war-affected children in an area still recovering from a year of conflict and occupation by militants. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: children, drought, malnutrition, education, conflict, Sahel |
Posted by The IRC on March 28, 2013
The IRC is saddened to report that La Say Paw, a laboratory technician with the IRC’s refugee partner organization, the Karenni Health Department, was killed on March 22 in the blaze that took the lives of 36 others and injured over 200 in the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp in northwest Thailand. more »
Posted in Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, Ban Mae Surin |
Posted by The IRC on March 27, 2013
Naget fled shelling in the Syrian city of Homs ten months ago. In February her family became one of the first to join the IRC’s cash distribution program, which provides debit cards and funds for Syrian refugees in Lebanon to use on basic necessities. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Middle East, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The IRC on March 27, 2013
Today the IRC announced that David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, would succeed George Rupp as our president and CEO in September. more »
Tags: George Rupp, David Miliband | 1 Comments
Posted by The IRC on March 26, 2013
Explore DADAAB STORIES, an online multimedia experience just launched by our partner FilmAid International. Video, poetry, music, radio, community journalism and blogs tell personal stories from the world's largest refugee camp. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Dadaab, Somali refugees. refugees |
Posted by The IRC on March 26, 2013
Yesterday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague and actress Angelina Jolie visited a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where the IRC is working to prevent violence against women and girls. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: North Kivu, Sexual Violence, women | 1 Comments
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