Since 1933, the IRC has provided hope and humanitarian aid to refugees and other victims of oppression and violent conflict around the world.
The IRC on Twitter
-
@LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall Hope it's an amazing night! Thanks for your support.
May 17, 2013
-
RT @DCComics: Amazing. 2.6k of you gave $150K+ to #WeCanBeHeroes. Big thanks from DCComics @SavetheChildren @mercycorps @theIRC t.co…
May 17, 2013
-
Cyclone Mahasan update: It spared Myanmar almost entirely, and the storm’s impact in Rakhine State was minimal.
May 17, 2013
-
Cyclone Mahasan update: Storm weakened & then dissipated Thurs, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh.
May 17, 2013
-
Call Senate Judiciary Cttee & urge them to pass #CIR that includes protections for asylees & #refugees: t.co/4OQrSoAGVt #CIRmarkup
May 16, 2013
VOICES FROM THE FIELD THE IRC BLOG
Conflict
Posted by The.IRC on August 10th, 2012
The IRC’s Melanie Megevand in Jordan and Sanj Srikanthan in Lebanon discuss the Syrian refugee crisis on WNYC radio's "The Leonard Lopate Show." more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Syria Crisis, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: news, conflict, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syrian crisis, audio |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on August 8th, 2012
Thanks to IRC-supported village savings groups, women once destitute are now opening small businesses, acquiring plots of land, raising animals, and contributing to daily expenses in their households. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: North Kivu, livelihoods, South Kivu, conflict, women, poverty, VSLA | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on August 7th, 2012
At a recent Capitol Hill briefing, IRC vice president Michael Kocher shone a spotlight on the unmet humanitarian needs of Syrian women and girls who have been targeted by sexual violence. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Women, Syria Crisis, Domestic Violence, Syria, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, sexual assault, gender-based violence, conflict, humanitarian aid, human trafficking, Syrian refugees, Syrian crisis, early marriage |
Posted by The.IRC on August 6th, 2012
IRC vice president Michael Kocher recently spoke with American Public Media's Marketplace about the dire economic situation for Syrian refugees who have fled to Jordan. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: refugees, conflict, poverty, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on July 20th, 2012
Drought in the Sahel region of Africa could not come at a worse time for the nation of Mali. Its northern territory was forcibly taken over by insurgents early this year, and soon afterwards a coup displaced the country’s democratically elected government. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, GenR, Mali | Tags: drought, conflict, Mali, Sahel crisis, Niger | 1 Comments
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on July 19th, 2012
The IRC has played a decisive role in containing a major cholera outbreak in Congo's North Kivu province, where armed violence has uprooted more than 200,000 people since April. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Health, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: emergency relief, conflict, cholera, humanitarian aid |
Posted by The.IRC on July 16th, 2012
Poverty, violence and suffering continue to plague Afghanistan after 10 years of massive military and civilian assistance. IRC country director Nigel Jenkins spotlights the forgotten needs of ordinary Afghans. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: Afghanistan, natural disasters, conflict, poverty, humanitarian aid |
Posted by The.IRC on July 10th, 2012
As the violence intensifies in Syria, civilians are forced to endure the punishing bombings and raids or flee their homes seeking safety across the border. In a recent interview the IRC's Bob Kitchen said, “It’s considered safer in Iraq these days than Syria. That gives you an idea of how bad things are.” more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Syria, Jordan | Tags: refugees, conflict, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on July 9th, 2012
Decades of civil war and neglect have burdened South Sudan with one of the highest incidences of maternal death globally. Meanwhile, renewed fighting on the border with Sudan has forced 150,000 refugees into camps in the south. more »
Posted in Africa, South Sudan | Tags: Sudanese refugees, conflict, South Sudan independence |
Posted by Ned Colt on June 29th, 2012
They cross the open desert in a single file, sometimes well over a hundred Syrians in a single group. The darker the night, the safer they are from Assad's border guards. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: refugees, conflict, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Share this page
Voices From...
Contributors
