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RT @wrcommission: Ever think cell phones could help protect children's rights? Well they are! Find out how in this new #blog t.co ...
Feb 8, 2012
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@infoasaid Thanks for sharing that resource. We'll pass it on to our media team.
Feb 8, 2012
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@winmitch No, it's not the same program. More on our programs in Kenya: t.co/Py9peewR.
Feb 8, 2012
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Make a difference in the life of a #refugee - volunteer with the IRC in Tucson! Your skills & passions needed: t.co/N6PPdMbM
Feb 8, 2012
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In #Congo’s massive southern province of Katanga, the IRC's community-driven reconstruction program, ‘Tuungane,’ h t.co/y42qNqLO
Feb 8, 2012
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Earthquake
Posted by Shinko Tana on December 11th, 2011
I am back in Japan for the first time in five months to meet with the IRC’s three local partners and hear about the progress being made as the northeast slowly recovers from the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Asia, Japan | Tags: emergency relief, tsunami, earthquake, Japan | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on December 6th, 2011
IRC Voice Jencarlos Canela talks about an IRC-run “child-friendly space” he visited yesterday in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The IRC makes sure young earthquake survivors have safe places where they can play, learn and heal. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, natural disasters, Haiti, earthquake, Jencarlos Canela, child-friendly Space | 1 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on December 2nd, 2011
More than eight months after a tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan, IRC partner AAR is continuing to assist survivors with disabilities and others who have had difficulty accessing aid. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Asia, Japan | Tags: tsunami, disabilities, natural disaster, earthquake, humanitarian aid, World Disabilities Day, AAR Japan | 0 Comments
Posted by Photo.of.the.Da... on September 4th, 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 »
Posted in Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, natural disasters, Haiti, earthquake, humanitarian aid, evictions, Photo of the Day | 0 Comments
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 »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Miami, FL | Tags: children, video, fathers, humanitarian, resettlement, news, natural disasters, Haiti, earthquake, Miami | 0 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on May 17th, 2011
An International Rescue Committee supporter named Michael Malz has created his own IRC ad for the YouTube Good Work Contest. It's a pretty great video - please check it out and "like" it so it can go further in the competition! more »
Posted in Emergency Response | Tags: refugees, video, earthquake, YouTube Good Work Contest, natuaral disasters | 0 Comments
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