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Posted by The.IRC on June 13th, 2013
After more than two years of civil war in Syria, a humanitarian disaster is gripping the Middle East. Over four million Syrians are now in dire need of assistance. On June 11, the IRC hosted a phone briefing on the Syria crisis and our response. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, aid workers, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on August 9th, 2012
In countries recovering from war and disaster, the first thing many parents want for their families is for their children to go back to school. Hear from IRC aid workers about how we are making sure kids have safe places to learn. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Education, Africa, IRC Worldwide, Liberia | Tags: children, video, aid workers, development, education, Healing Classrooms, back to school |
Posted by Sue Dwyer - IRC on July 5th, 2012
In Jordan, I visited IRC health clinics in Ramtha and Mafraq, cities close to the Syrian border, and met with three Syrian women who fled to Jordan after their husbands were killed and their dwellings outside of Homs destroyed. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: aid workers, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis | 1 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on April 24th, 2012
The IRC's Sophia Jones-Mwangi speaks with IRC medical staff who are at the forefront of providing crucial care throughout the drought-stricken Bahr el Gazal region of western Chad. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad | Tags: aid workers, health, hunger, malnutrition, food, poverty, community health workers, humanitarian aid, Bahr el Gazal, Chad_Sahel, health care, pneumonia |
Posted by Jane Yang on April 12th, 2012
The son of subsistence farmers from southern Somalia, Ahmed Hassan Osman is pursuing his dream of becoming a doctor while he works with the IRC to help other Somali refugees in Kenya. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Humanitarian Aid, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: aid workers, drought, health, refugee camps, Dadaab refugee camps, Somali refugees, nutrition |
Posted by The.IRC on December 29th, 2011
Here is a quick recap of the most popular blog posts by International Rescue Committee aid workers and other IRC colleagues in 2011. more »
Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Semir.Tanovic on December 13th, 2011
Reflecting on the work of the IRC, what impresses me most is how much my colleagues believe in what we do – in what the IRC stands for. It is not just ‘any old job’ for us, but something more. more »
Tags: aid workers, howtohelp |
Posted by The.IRC on September 20th, 2011
"I’m very pleased about our independence. My future hopes and dreams are that I want my children to be educated. I’d like them to have a plot of land -- and one day I hope that Patricia will even become the President as well as get married!" more »
Posted in Post conflict, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: children, aid workers, South Sudan, education, quoted |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 19th, 2011
Today is World Humanitarian Day -- a celebration of people helping people. Every day humanitarian aid workers help millions of people around the world. Sitting here at my computer in the IRC's New York HQ office, I am in awe of my IRC colleagues and our partners and peers in the field who persevere through unimaginable circumstances in order to save lives... more »
Posted in Emergency Response, IRC Worldwide | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian aid, World Humanitarian Day 2011 | 2 Comments
Posted by George.Rupp on March 16th, 2011
I have been spending the last few days visiting refugee camps in northern Ethiopia with my wife Nancy, IRC board member Allen Moore, and the IRC’s country director in Ethiopia, David Murphy. It is very important for me to come to the field and I try as often as I can to visit programs both internationally and in the United States. more »
Posted in Ethiopia | Tags: children, refugees, Ethiopia, Shimelba, aid workers, George Rupp, humanitarian, refugee camps, water, photos, women, Eritrean refugees | 1 Comments
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