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@LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall Hope it's an amazing night! Thanks for your support.
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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Call Senate Judiciary Cttee & urge them to pass #CIR that includes protections for asylees & #refugees: t.co/4OQrSoAGVt #CIRmarkup
May 16, 2013
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Posted by The.IRC on December 6th, 2011
IRC Voice Jencarlos Canela talks about an IRC-run “child-friendly space” he visited yesterday in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The IRC makes sure young earthquake survivors have safe places where they can play, learn and heal. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, natural disasters, Haiti, earthquake, Jencarlos Canela, child-friendly Space | 1 Comments
Posted by Jane Yang on December 6th, 2011
The Logiels, like many families in remote Turkana, Kenya, have been suffering through the worst drought to hit East Africa in six decades. Read about how the IRC helped save their three-year-old daughter's life. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: children, drought, health, malnutrition, natural disasters, Turkana |
Posted by The.IRC on November 29th, 2011
Uwizera Desange teaches fourth grade in an area of the Democratic Republic of Congo that is still being ravaged by violence. "If I didn't come to teach there would be an empty classroom," she says. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: children, education, conflict | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on November 14th, 2011
Minhaj Gedi Farah's remarkable recovery was featured on ABC News this weekend. His transformation -- from a malnourished infant on the brink of death to a chubby, giggling baby -- is a testament to the impact that timely humanitarian aid can have on the millions of people affected by the drought crisis in East Africa. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: children, video, health, news, Dadaab refugee camps, famine, Minhaj Gedi Farah, drough |
Posted by Peter.Biro on November 8th, 2011
The IRC's Peter Aturia explains the importance of education to parents in a rural area of Uganda where children are often the breadwinners of the family. The IRC enrolls kids in safe schools with well-trained teachers more »
Posted by Ned Colt on November 4th, 2011
This young boy is one of more than two dozen children living in a three-bedroom home still under construction near Tripoli, Libya. The IRC is helping families like theirs who fled violence in their hometowns in northern Libya. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Libya, Africa | Tags: children, emergencies, conflict, shelter |
Posted by The.IRC on November 3rd, 2011
In this short clip, a teacher in Kenya expresses his hope that children who have been forced to leave school due to the drought will now be able to continue their studies thanks to water delivered by the IRC. more »
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 2nd, 2011
Fun and games -- and plenty of hard work, too -- helped 55 newly arrived refugee children and teens in Seattle get ready for their first experience in an American classroom. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Seattle, WA | Tags: children, resettlement, education |
Posted by The.IRC on October 20th, 2011
Two children fetching water at an IRC-installed water tap in Darussalam village in central Somalia. The IRC is building and repairing wells, hand pumps and pipelines and training community volunteers in hygiene. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Somalia | Tags: children, drought, water, natural disasters, Photo of the Day |
Posted by The.IRC on October 18th, 2011
Amid years of civil war and turmoil in Liberia, schools were closed and education was interrupted. Now with fewer schools and teachers, the IRC is working to get kids back into the classroom. more »
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