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Children & Youth

Haiti: A son’s return, a father’s joy [Photos]
Posted by Susana.Ferreira on November 24th, 2010
The IRC’s Family Tracing and Reunification team has had a busy few months in Haiti, helping 139 family members separated by the January 2010 earthquake find each other. I was on hand for their 100th reunification last month in Port-au-Prince. more »
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Speaking up for children's rights
Posted by George.Rupp on November 19th, 2010
I recently visited the White House complex to drop off the petition to President Obama that over 27,000 of you signed. In the petition, you asked the President to submit the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to the US Senate for its advice and consent without delay. more »
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Quoted: Going to places where children have nothing
Posted by The.IRC on October 27th, 2010
The IRC's Rebecca Chandler talks with KCBS in San Francisco about her work on family tracing and reunification in Haiti, and what being an aid worker means to her. more »
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Join the fight for children’s rights
Posted by George.Rupp on October 20th, 2010
Since 1989, no president has taken the final step required for ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The time has now come to end this embarrassing state of affairs. more »
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Quoted: "I have the best and worst job in the world"
Posted by The.IRC on October 14th, 2010
IRC child protection specialist Rebecca Chandler tells her hometown newspaper what drives her to do humanitarian work. Becky is one of this year's recipients of a Sarlo Foundation Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service. more »
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Photo Share: Wilji, reunited with his dad
Posted by The.IRC on October 1st, 2010
Wilio Jean thought he would never see his son, 4-year-old Wilji, again. They were separated after the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, but IRC case workers reunited them in August. more »
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International Youth Day
Posted by The.IRC on August 12th, 2010
Today marks International Youth Day. For the more than 8 million displaced young people—ages 15 to 24—around the world, there is little cause for celebration. more »
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Haiti: "An incredible feeling"
Posted by The.IRC on August 7th, 2010
“Many parents told us they had assumed their child had died in the earthquake." Becky Chandler, IRC emergency child protection coordinator describes her work reuniting families in Haiti. more »
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IRC "detectives" finding families in Haiti
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on April 30th, 2010
IRC caseworker Barbara Morreau speaks about reuniting 2-year-old Geralda with her aunt Carole, who thought the little girl had died in January's devastating earthquake in Haiti. more »
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Congo: “I want to go back to school”
Posted by The.IRC on April 21st, 2010
Marit Glad and her IRC colleagues are in a little village in the eastern province of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, speaking with local families. They’re trying to understand why so many children here are not going to school -- and why parents are making the difficult choice to take a child out of the classroom. more »
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