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@angusa Thx for your interest in working with us! Positions posted at t.co/w3SDWahSdt; if a position isn't there it's no longer open.
May 24, 2013
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A woman awaits a checkup at an IRC clinic inside #Syria. t.co/KYCuHf1zWA Photo: Peter Biro/IRC t.co/qptp52tHvi
May 23, 2013
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Please tweet @theIRC if you have questions, comments or requests!
May 23, 2013
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Thanks to your support, we made @Klout's list of the world's most influential NGOs on social media: t.co/Abc4bTjEY0 #KloutPulse
May 23, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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Earth Day
Posted by The.IRC on April 22nd, 2013
April 21st is Earth Day, and we honor it today through New Roots, the International Rescue Committee's nationwide gardening, micro-enterprise and nutrition program. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States | Tags: Earth Day, new roots |
Posted by Jane Yang on April 21st, 2012
They’re officially named “block health committees,” but to IRC grants intern Jane Yang they’re the Kakuma refugee camp clean-up brigade, teams of neighborhood volunteers on a mission to ensure safe and sanitary conditions within the camp. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Earth Day, Kakuma, sanitation, Kakuma_environment |
Posted by Jane Yang on April 19th, 2012
As Earth Day approaches we’re taking a look at some of the environmental concerns that arise in humanitarian crises; among them, how to address a growing litter problem in a massive refugee camp. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Earth Day, environment, health, Kakuma, sanitation, Sudanese refugees, water, Somali refugees, Kakuma_environment | 3 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on April 20th, 2011
Our partner, charity: water, just launched this new animated video about how access to water - or more accurately, lack of access to clean water - affects every aspect of people's lives, from health to education to safety. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought | Tags: Earth Day, water |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on April 22nd, 2010
This Earth Day, we're celebrating resettled refugees from around the world who are helping to make their new communities in the United States a little bit greener. more »
Posted in New Roots, US - San Diego, CA | Tags: refugees, community farms, community gardening, Earth Day, humanitarian, Michelle Obama, new roots, urban refugees |
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