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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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Africa
Posted by The.IRC on May 17th, 2013
Young mothers celebrate their graduation from an IRC parenting program last week in northern Uganda. During two decades of war, many young women were separated from their parents or lacked positive parental role models. more »
Posted in Women, Africa, Uganda | Tags: LRA, conflict, mothers, Lamwo, parenting |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on May 15th, 2013
Since 2009, the IRC has trained and equipped nearly 700 volunteers in northern Uganda to provide lifesaving health care to children in remote communities struggling to recover from a decade of civil war. Meet two of these dedicated health workers. more »
Posted in Health, Post conflict, Africa, Uganda | Tags: health, Kitgum, LRA, community health workers, Lamwo, child health |
Posted by The.IRC on May 13th, 2013
Last fall, Nigeria experienced record floods that forced some 2 million from their homes. The IRC has been providing returning families with safe water and sanitation, basic household items, and agricultural aid essential to get farmers back on their feet in time for the next planting season. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Africa | Tags: disaster relief, natural disasters, humanitarian aid, Nigeria floods |
Posted by aisha.bain on May 9th, 2013
The women's collective Femmes Lèves-Toi (Women, Rise Up) is a force for change in eastern Congo, starting at the community level. The IRC's Aisha Bain recounts an inspiring meeting with its members. on the Huffington Post. more »
Posted in Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: women |
Posted by The.IRC on May 9th, 2013
Triphose was only 13 years old when she and her little sister became separated from their parents following election violence in Ivory Coast in 2010. She and her mother Genevievre share the story of their separation and what happened after IRC social workers located the girls. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, Ivory Coast | Tags: children, Mother's Day, mothers |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on May 8th, 2013
Cavine Akello sells traditional pancakes at a market stall in Kitgum, Uganda. An IRC program for young mothers helped her to save enough to open her business. Since the rebel Lord's Resistance Army was driven from the region, thousands of people have returned from displacement camps to rebuild their communities. more »
Posted by The.IRC on May 7th, 2013
Mohammed Musa suffers from tuberculosis and lives in an abandoned government ministry building in Mogadishu, Somalia. "We have almost no food and medicine," he told the IRC's Peter Biro. more »
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 7th, 2013
As northern Uganda struggles to recover from the long and brutal LRA conflict, the IRC is reintroducing local agricultural traditions to a generation that grew up without them, and teaching older farmers modern methods that can result in more bountiful harvests. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Poverty, Africa, Uganda | Tags: LRA, livelihoods, agriculture, conflict, Lamwo |
Posted by The.IRC on April 25th, 2013
Today is World Malaria Day. Half the world’s population is at risk for malaria, an epidemic illness that claims one child every 45 seconds. But preventing it is simple: if families sleep under mosquito nets, instances of malaria are reduced by as much as 90 percent. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Kenya, Dadaab refugee camps, World Malaria Day, mosquito nets |
Posted by terah.edun on April 23rd, 2013
In South Sudan, the International Rescue Committee educates communities about the importance of health care and provides free immunizations to expectant mothers and infants. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: South Sudan, maternal health, immunizations |
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