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Mapping emergencies, helping Afghans
Posted by Sam Duerden on July 3rd, 2012
Amid the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan it can be extremely difficult to accurately assess humanitarian needs. Learn how mapping and other information-gathering tools aid the IRC in our emergency relief work. more »
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What next for the IRC in Afghanistan?
Posted by Ned Colt on January 18th, 2012
Country director Nigel Jenkins discusses challenges and plans in 2012 for the IRC's Afghanistan program. more »
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Lives in flux in Afghanistan
Posted by Ned Colt on January 12th, 2012
The IRC is at work in southern Afghanistan bringing essential aid to those displaced by human conflict and natural disaster. The IRC's Ned Colt meets with eight men who have differing backgrounds, but face similar challenges. more »
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Muhammad: Behind the scenes with an IRC aid worker (Part l)
Posted by Ned Colt on July 7th, 2011
If you’re ever feeling cynical about human nature, I’d like you to meet Muhammad. He’s an IRC colleague who has performed humanitarian work for more than a decade. However, unless you’re a Pakistani living near the Afghan border, you’ll have a hard time finding him! I ‘m fortunate, Muhammad is a colleague of mine, and was in the capital Islamabad recently. more »
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Calling attention to Pakistan floods
Posted by Anne.Richard on September 3rd, 2010
Congress may have been in recess, but two prestigious organizations used the dog days of summer to call attention to the tragic flooding in Pakistan and to appeal for greater amounts of relief aid. IRC leaders participated in both discussions. more »
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In Haiti, the poor become visible
Posted by Anne.Richard on August 10th, 2010
Why would victims of the Haiti earthquake stay in overcrowded camps if they had somewhere else to go? More than six months after the earthquake, people ought to be leaving camps that were set up under emergency conditions. more »
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"Desperate" situation in flood-ravaged Pakistan
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 5th, 2010
New photos from IRC staff members who are on the ground providing aid to victims of the worst flooding in Pakistan’s modern history. At least 1,400 people have been killed and three million people have been affected by the devastating monsoon rains. more »
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Introducing Rajiv Shah
Posted by Anne.Richard on June 2nd, 2010
Anne Richard, the IRC's vice president of government relations, shares her impressions from a speech by Rajiv Shah, the new Administrator of USAID (the federal government agency that provides aid to developing countries). more »
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Tracing Haiti's missing kids [Video]
Posted by The.IRC on March 29th, 2010
The IRC is working to reunite children separated from their families in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake. The IRC’s Rebecca Chandler spoke with CNN for a story about the difficult tracing process. more »
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International Women’s Day: The view from Haiti
Posted by The.IRC on March 8th, 2010
Women have come together in Haiti to mark International Women’s Day and to begin overcoming the tragedy of what they have witnessed and experienced. They’ve also come together to declare their shared commitment to reinforcing and revitalizing the vibrant and strong women’s movement in Haiti. more »
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