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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
May 22, 2013
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Less than 10 yrs after fleeing Somalia, Amal Kahim Jama & her family became refugees again, in Syria: t.co/wZkmKWqy00 via @AJEnglish
May 22, 2013
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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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Family Reunification
Posted by Natalie Parke on March 31st, 2011
Cynics occasionally refer to Haiti as “the Republic of NGOs,” claiming that the country has lots of well-intentioned non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with little to show for their goodwill. Fair enough. But I’m not a cynic. I firmly believe that the vibrancy of local organizations in Haiti can and will translate into meaningful development for the country. more »
Posted in Natural Disasters, Haiti | Tags: aid worker blogs, family reunification, Women's Rights, Advocacy, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, humanitarian aid, Haitian NGOs, NGOs |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 13th, 2011
One year on, the IRC and other aid groups in Haiti are -- amazingly -- still reuniting children and families who were separated in the chaos of the January 12 earthquake. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, family reunification, humanitarian, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters | 1 Comments
Posted by Jennifer Morgan on January 13th, 2011
It's been nearly a year since I first arrived in Haiti to help lead the IRC's efforts to reunite children and families who were separated by the 2010 earthquake. Many thousands of children lost their parents in the disaster, and thousands more lost contact with their living relatives in the chaos that followed. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Haiti | Tags: children, family reunification, humanitarian, hatiti earthquake, Haiti adoptions |
Posted by The.IRC on October 1st, 2010
Wilio Jean thought he would never see his son, 4-year-old Wilji, again. They were separated after the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, but IRC case workers reunited them in August. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Haiti | Tags: children, family reunification, humanitarian, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on August 7th, 2010
“Many parents told us they had assumed their child had died in the earthquake." Becky Chandler, IRC emergency child protection coordinator describes her work reuniting families in Haiti. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Haiti | Tags: children, family reunification, humanitarian, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on July 12th, 2010
A mother and daughter separated in the Haiti earthquake six months ago are reunited through the work of an IRC caseworker. more »
Posted in Haiti | Tags: family reunification, Haitian orphans, humanitarian, Haiti Earthquake |
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