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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
May 22, 2013
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Less than 10 yrs after fleeing Somalia, Amal Kahim Jama & her family became refugees again, in Syria: t.co/wZkmKWqy00 via @AJEnglish
May 22, 2013
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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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Aid Workers
Posted by The.IRC on October 26th, 2010
They rarely make headlines, but aid workers perform lifesaving deeds every day. We recognize the most outstanding of our colleagues through the annual Sarlo Foundation Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service. Meet this year’s recipients. more »
Posted in Refuge, United States, US - New York, HQ, US - Northern California, US - Phoenix, AZ, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian, Sarlo Foundation Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service | 1 Comments
Posted by Peter.Biro on August 23rd, 2010
I am traveling with a team of IRC colleagues delivering aid in Pakistan where a staggering 20 million people's lives have been disrupted by the country's worst flooding in living memory. At least 1,600 people are known to have lost their lives and the devastation is epic. more »
Posted in Pakistan Floods, Pakistan | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian, photos, Afghan refugees, Pakistan flooding, natural disasters, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
Posted by Gerald.Martone on August 18th, 2010
On August 19th, one of the most difficult and dangerous professions in the world will be commemorated and celebrated. This is World Humanitarian Day. And it is devoted to the more than 200,000 humanitarian aid workers around the world who commit themselves to saving lives and reducing the suffering of people affected by disasters and wars. more »
Posted in IRC Worldwide | Tags: aid workers, humanitarian, World Humanitarian Day |
Posted by The.IRC on December 17th, 2009
Sexual attacks are deliberate acts of war and terror, says Sarah Spencer, the IRC's emergency gender-based violence coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Women are raped repeatedly, and brutally." more »
Posted in Women, D.R. Congo | Tags: refugees, aid workers, DRC, humanitarian, nonprofit, Sexual Violence, conflict |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on April 20th, 2009
Meet an IRC doctor who works along the Thai-Burma border, where landmines pose a threat to life and limb, and Burmese refugees are crowded into camps where disease can spread quickly. more »
Posted in Health, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian, landmines | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on April 16th, 2009
Tags: refugees, video, aid workers, humanitarian, Idaho, resettlement |
Posted by The.IRC on April 14th, 2009
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: refugees, video, aid workers, humanitarian | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on March 18th, 2009
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 4th, 2009
With more than 2 million people driven from their homes, Darfur has been described as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Now, the government of Sudan has ordered the IRC and other aid groups to shut down their life-saving programs. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian, twitter, Darfur, conflict |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on December 8th, 2008
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa | Tags: refugees, aid workers, DRC, Emily Meehan in Congo, Goma, humanitarian, North Kivu, conflict | 2 Comments
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