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Capoeira in the West Bank
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 »
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Photo of the Day: Learning center, San Diego
Posted by The.IRC on September 7th, 2011
The IRC's First Things First Family Learning Center in San Diego offers classes in English, literacy and basic life skills for newly arrived refugee parents while helping their children get ready for kindergarten. more »
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Photo of the Day: Evicted, Haiti
Posted by Photo.of.the.Da... on September 5th, 2011
The majority of the nearly 700,000 earthquake survivors in Haiti who are still displaced are living in makeshift settlements on private land. Neighbors came to the rescue as a property owner prepared to lock out these children and families like theirs. more »
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Photo of the Day: Back to school, Seattle
Posted by The.IRC on September 1st, 2011
For seven weeks this summer, the IRC's Newcomer School Readiness Program in Seattle helped newly arrived refugee children and teens prepare for the upcoming school year — their first in the United States. more »
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“We walked all the way, for twenty days”
Posted by Milka Choge on July 19th, 2011
I met Madina Aden, a 36-year-old mother of five, with her two sons at the mobile clinic run by the IRC on the outskirts of the Hagadera refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. We were treating newly arrived refugees -- families who had fled drought and insecurity in neighboring Somalia. more »
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Four ways the IRC is saving children's lives
Posted by Emmanuel d'Harcourt on July 6th, 2011
In war-torn and disaster-stricken countries where IRC field teams work, medicines and supplements that can save children from preventable diseases are frustratingly unavailable. But the IRC is addressing this urgent need and helping to ensure that the most common and treatable childhood ailments don’t become a death sentence. more »
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Photo Share: Supporting recovery in Rwanda
Posted by The.IRC on June 28th, 2011
The IRC is continuing to support Rwandans by encouraging development and democracy and protecting women and children. more »
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Photo Share: Making your own fun in Tanzania
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 »
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A fifth grader building an American life
Posted by The.IRC on June 7th, 2011
Rabina Bhandari is wrapping up her first full year of going to school in America as a fifth grader at Walker Upper Elementary in Charlottesville. When she arrived from Nepal Rabina barely spoke English. Now she's comfortable enough with the language to reach out and help other students. more »
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Noted: Haiti survivors rebuild lives, but some wounds slow to heal
Posted by The.IRC on May 19th, 2011
Ernst Leo’s wife and oldest daughter were killed when their apartment collapsed in the earthquake that devastated Haiti’s capital on January 12, 2010. His younger daughter was trapped under the rubble for two days before she was rescued; her right arm had to be amputated. Today, the family is building a new life in Miami with the IRC’s support. more »
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