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@IRCPress You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Crisis in Darfur, 10 Years On" t.co/guLOti8F02
May 21, 2013
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RT @IRCPress: Race against time to aid new #Darfur #refugees in Chad before rains begin: t.co/z6eDBFeR1I
May 21, 2013
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RT @MoveEndViolence: Why do we need a #movement to end #VAWG? #MovementMaker Heidi Lehmann of @theIRC on the blog. t.co/H74c80BdAs
May 20, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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RT @IRCuk: Thanks @LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall for an excellent concert & for supporting our work w. Syrian refugees #TheAsfar…
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D.r. Congo
Posted by George.Rupp on December 28th, 2011
As the people of Libya and Egypt look to new futures, impressive strides by war-scarred Congo offer proof that the best of hopes can be realized. The IRC's community-driven approach to rebuilding is creating durable progress in education, health care, civil infrastructure, and other critical areas. more »
Posted in Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: community-driven reconstruction |
Posted by The.IRC on December 1st, 2011
Ahead of Congo’s national elections, Ciaran Donnelly, the IRC’s Congo country director, participated in a wide-ranging debate before a live audience in Kinshasa on the question of whether the Democratic Republic of Congo is a failed state. more »
Posted in Africa, United States, US - Dallas, TX, US - Salt Lake City, UT, D.R. Congo, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: resettlement, news, humanitarian aid, Ciaran Donnelly, Congo elections |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on November 30th, 2011
A woman who was displaced from her village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo due to ongoing violence was one of thousands of beneficiaries at a Non-Food Items Fair the IRC organized this month. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: South Kivu, conflict |
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 Sinziana.Demian on November 15th, 2011
A child collects drinking water from the first ever clean source in his Congolese village, located on a very remote shore of Kivu Lake accessible only by boat. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: development, health, water, South Kivu |
Posted by The.IRC on October 12th, 2011
IRC rape counselors provide individual emotional support and family mediation. They also work with communities to change attitudes -- in particular -- placing blame where it is deserved, rather than on victims. more »
Posted in Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, conflict, women, Photo of the Day |
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 »
Posted in Education, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: children, education, conflict, Photo of the Day |
Posted by The.IRC on September 22nd, 2011
The IRC recently hosted a Clinton Global Initiative delegation to South Kivu Province in eastern Congo. The delegation included actress Ashley Judd and NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon, who visited a local women's association. more »
Posted in Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: South Kivu, Clinton Global Initiative, women, Photo of the Day |
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 »
Posted in Education, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: children, education, Photo of the Day |
Posted by The.IRC on September 9th, 2011
The International Rescue Committee donated this four-wheel-drive vehicle to Rwanguba Health Zone in July 2011 to enable local health managers to supervise their teams and deliver essential drugs. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: health, conflict, humanitarian aid, Photo of the Day |
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