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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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Children & Youth
Posted by The.IRC on September 23rd, 2011
A boy arrives outside his home in a settlement on the outskirts of the eastern town of Jalalabad. Devastated by decades of conflict and natural disasters, Afghanistan is the poorest country in Asia. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: children, conflict, humanitarian aid, Photo of the Day |
Posted by The.IRC on September 14th, 2011
The IRC is partnering with the UK-based charity Bidna Capoeira to teach capoeira — a challenging Afro-Brazilian sport and art form — to at-risk children in the West Bank. Proponents say it engenders a positive philosophy and outlook on life—one that is based on respect for the self and others. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Middle East, West Bank and Gaza Strip | Tags: children, education, Photo of the Day, Capoeira, West Bank, Bidna Capoeira, Palestinian Territories |
Posted by Ned Colt on September 12th, 2011
The International Rescue Committee is reaching out to Palestinian youth in an innovative new program aimed at encouraging self awareness and self respect. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Education, Middle East, West Bank and Gaza Strip | Tags: children, education, IRC, Capoeira, West Bank, Palestinians, Bedouin, Bidna Capoeira |
Posted by The.IRC on June 9th, 2011
Boys in a refugee camp in Tanzania play with a homemade bicycle. Children are particularly vulnerable when forced from their homes into temporary conditions. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, Tanzania | Tags: children, refugees, rescue, conflict, humanitarian aid, Tanzania |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 6th, 2011
In honor of Mother's Day we're spotlighting some of our favorite stories about mothers. In the Ivory Coast, Prisca Mondo worried that without a birth certificate her baby daughter would not have a legal identity. With the IRC's help she was able to register two-month-old Daria, securing her access to education and health services. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, Ivory Coast | Tags: children, Cote d'Ivoire, humanitarian, Ivory Coast, Mother's Day 2011, birth certificates |
Posted by George.Rupp on March 17th, 2011
I spent the second day of my visit to northern Ethiopia with the refugee children and young people in Shimelba. The IRC is providing education for all age groups in the camp, from pre-school to adults. We are also providing vocational and skills training. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Ethiopia | Tags: children, refugees, Ethiopia, George Rupp, humanitarian, refugee camps, education, livelihoods, Eritrean refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by Peter.Biro on March 11th, 2011
With the Cricket World Cup 2011 in full swing, children are playing the game everywhere in Pakistan. I took this photo of a girl wielding a bat during a lunch break at one of the schools run by the IRC in the Jalozai camp near the city of Peshawar. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Asia, Pakistan | Tags: aid worker blogs, humanitarian, refugee camps, photos, conflict, Cricket World Cup, Pakistan, Jalozai |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 13th, 2011
One year on, the IRC and other aid groups in Haiti are -- amazingly -- still reuniting children and families who were separated in the chaos of the January 12 earthquake. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, family reunification, humanitarian, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters | 1 Comments
Posted by Jennifer Morgan on January 13th, 2011
It's been nearly a year since I first arrived in Haiti to help lead the IRC's efforts to reunite children and families who were separated by the 2010 earthquake. Many thousands of children lost their parents in the disaster, and thousands more lost contact with their living relatives in the chaos that followed. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Haiti | Tags: children, family reunification, humanitarian, hatiti earthquake, Haiti adoptions |
Posted by The.IRC on January 7th, 2011
Immediately following the earthquake, IRC health teams were deployed to the most devastated areas of Haiti where no other aid organizations were present and where outbreaks of disease were likely. Read a snapshot of our work in child welfare over the past year. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, youth, natural disasters, Haiti Earthquake; humanitarian |
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