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Photo of the Day: Math lesson, Liberia
Posted by The.IRC on October 11th, 2011
A teacher walks his students through a math problem at the Zelemai primary school in Lofa, Liberia's northernmost county, The IRC educates over 16,000 Liberian children and youth. more »
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Photo of the Day: Soccer match, Congo
Posted by The.IRC on October 3rd, 2011
Children attending Rushege primary school in Tongo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, play a football match against a rival school. more »
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Photo of the Day: Arriving home, Afghanistan
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 »
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In drought-afflicted Turkana, Kenya, fresh water helps fill schools
Posted by stefanie.pfeil on September 21st, 2011
When a crisis strikes, maintaining vital services, such as education, can be incredibly challenging. Nowhere is this more true than in Turkana, a region of northwest Kenya which is suffering from one of the worst droughts of our time. more »
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Quoted: Hopes and dreams in South Sudan
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 »
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Photo of the Day: Counting, Congo
Posted by The.IRC on September 20th, 2011
A child counts out a math lesson on an abacus in a school in Kalemie, a town on the western shore of Congo's Lake Tanganyika. An estimated 31% of school-age children in Congo have never set foot in a classroom. more »
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Mothers’ stories of the drought
Posted by Milka Choge on September 19th, 2011
One of the places hit hardest by the drought is the remote and arid Turkana North area of Kenya. Here I met some courageous mothers who had walked for hours to IRC clinics to find help for their malnourished children. more »
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Video: Aden’s story revisited
Posted by The.IRC on September 15th, 2011
UNICEF Television reports on the progress of 3-year-old Somali refugee Aden. Little Aden arrived at a refugee camp in Kenya severely malnourished and was rushed to the IRC's nutrition stabilization center. more »
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Photo of the Day: Respect, West Bank
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 »
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Photo of the Day: Surviving drought, Kenya
Posted by The.IRC on September 12th, 2011
Alinga Ekuru, 35, walked four hours from her drought-stricken village to reach an IRC clinic where her two-year-old daughter was treated for malnutrition. Alinga has been relying on milk from relatives' goats to feed her family. more »
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