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@IRCPress You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Crisis in Darfur, 10 Years On" t.co/guLOti8F02
May 21, 2013
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RT @IRCPress: Race against time to aid new #Darfur #refugees in Chad before rains begin: t.co/z6eDBFeR1I
May 21, 2013
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RT @MoveEndViolence: Why do we need a #movement to end #VAWG? #MovementMaker Heidi Lehmann of @theIRC on the blog. t.co/H74c80BdAs
May 20, 2013
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Posted by The.IRC on June 25th, 2012
Today is the last day to RSVP for an exclusive phone briefing with IRC experts on the widening drought disaster in East Africa and the Sahel: Wednesday, June 27, 12-1pm EDT. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Horn of Africa Drought, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, conflict, famine, Sahel |
Posted by The.IRC on June 22nd, 2012
War, drought and famine come together to create a ‘perfect storm’ of devastation and suffering in East Africa. Learn more in an exclusive IRC phone briefing on June 27. RSVP by June 25. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, humanitarian aid, famine |
Posted by The.IRC on June 21st, 2012
Poverty, alcoholism and domestic violence are common in villages like Paulina Acayo's that are recovering from the long and brutal Lord’s Resistance Army conflict in northern Uganda. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Uganda | Tags: domestic violence, conflict, women, women_LRA, VSLA |
Posted by The.IRC on June 20th, 2012
While Esther was giving birth to triplets at an IRC clinic in Congo, fighting swept through her village forcing everyone, including her husband and other children to flee. She doesn’t know where they are and can’t return home. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Mothers, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: World Refugee Day, North Kivu, photos, conflict, mothers |
Posted by The.IRC on June 18th, 2012
Join us on June 27 for a phone briefing from the field as IRC experts assess the widening drought disaster in Africa and describe the impact of the IRC's response. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Events, Horn of Africa Drought, Sahel Crisis, GenR, Africa, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali | Tags: drought, humanitarian aid, famine, Sahel | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on June 15th, 2012
Father's Day is June 17. Honor a special dad in your life by giving him a symbolic Rescue Gift that bolsters the IRC's relief efforts in East Africa. An eCard can be sent within minutes! more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, father's day, famine |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on June 11th, 2012
For more than 15 years, millions of people in eastern Congo have lived under constant threat of violence or suffered brutal attacks. One mother shares her story of survival. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Mothers, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: South Kivu, conflict, poverty, Rapid Response to Population Movements |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on June 8th, 2012
The Tuungane program brings together Congo communities to build critical new development projects and tranform the region. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Humanitarian Aid, Organizations Assisting Refugees, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: development, Tuungane, Eastern Congo, communities |
Posted by The.IRC on June 7th, 2012
Meet Christine Amunu, a member of an IRC Village Savings and Loans Association in northern Uganda that is helping families who were uprooted by the LRA conflict to recover and rebuild. more »
Posted in Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Uganda | Tags: domestic violence, women_LRA |
Posted by Jane Yang on June 4th, 2012
Muggings are a common occurrence in the Eastleigh section of Nairobi, and targeted assaults against certain individuals—say, foreigners—even more so. When I say “foreigners,” I don’t mean expatriates. I mean refugees. more »
Posted in Poverty, Urban Refugees, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, urban refugees, human rights, Somali refugees, Eastleigh, poverty | 1 Comments
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