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Posted by Ned Colt on June 12th, 2013
This week marks one year since the IRC opened two primary health care centers in the Jordanian border cities of Mafraq and Ramtha. In that single year, close to 22,000 Syrian refugees have received checkups, pre- and post- natal care, and prescriptions for free medicine from local pharmacies. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: refugees, health, urban refugees, conflict, Syrian refugees, Syria conflict |
Posted by Sharon.Waxman on June 7th, 2013
The IRC's Sharon Waxman on what the international community needs to do to get aid into Syria, how to best support refugees and countries hosting them to prevent escalation of tensions, and how to help refugees realize their rights. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, Advocacy, conflict, war, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on June 6th, 2013
Violence against women and girls is a significant problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The results of a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine show that overall trauma symptoms decreased roughly twice as much among survivors who received group therapy compared to those who did not. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Research, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: Sexual Violence, conflict, women, rape, research, Cognitive Processing Therapy |
Posted by The.IRC on June 5th, 2013
The IRC's Mike Young says the scale of need dwarfs the supply of aid: "As fighting rages, refugees seek safety in ever greater numbers, stressing already depleted resources and the goodwill of the countries hosting them." more »
Posted in Advocacy, Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, Advocacy, conflict, war, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on May 17th, 2013
Young mothers celebrate their graduation from an IRC parenting program last week in northern Uganda. During two decades of war, many young women were separated from their parents or lacked positive parental role models. more »
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 7th, 2013
As northern Uganda struggles to recover from the long and brutal LRA conflict, the IRC is reintroducing local agricultural traditions to a generation that grew up without them, and teaching older farmers modern methods that can result in more bountiful harvests. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Poverty, Africa, Uganda | Tags: LRA, livelihoods, agriculture, conflict, Lamwo |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on April 9th, 2013
Looters are creating chaos in the Central African Republic (CAR) following last month's coup, putting what is already one of the world's poorest countries on the brink of a hunger crisis. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Africa, Central African Republic | Tags: hunger, conflict, poverty, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Peter.Biro on March 28th, 2013
The IRC is stepping up its support of children in the embattled Gao and Mopti regions of northern Mali, organizing programs for over 2,500 war-affected children in an area still recovering from a year of conflict and occupation by militants. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: children, drought, malnutrition, education, conflict, Sahel |
Posted by The.IRC on March 18th, 2013
Dalya Sarkees can still describe the colorful dawn sky above Baghdad the morning the U.S.-led invasion started. She's one of thousands of Iraqi refugees resettled in the U.S. by the IRC as violence continues to plague the country a decade after the war began in 2003. more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Resettlement, United States, US - Tucson, AZ | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, resettlement, conflict | 1 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on March 15th, 2013
It was two years ago today that Damascus saw the first small sparks of protest. At last count at least 70,000 Syrians are dead, 2.5 million are displaced inside and outside the country and more than four million Syrians are in dire need of humanitarian aid. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: refugees, conflict, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
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