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Rescue Gift of the Week: A Goat
Posted by The.IRC on November 28th, 2011
$120 can provide a goat for a disaster-stricken family, providing milk for malnourished children as well as a chance to begin rebuilding their lives. more »
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Photo of the Day: Rising floodwaters, Thailand
Posted by The.IRC on October 28th, 2011
Thailand's capital, Bangkok, is now threatend by widespread flooding after three months of heavy monsoon rains that devastated rural communities to the north. more »
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Helping Pakistan's flood-afflicted families -- one goat at a time
Posted by Pi James - IRC on August 31st, 2011
It's hard to place a value on a goat in a place like Sindh, but it's no surprise that at a recent distribution of thousands of goats, thousands of flood-affected families waited patiently in line. Residents of the Pakistani province are still recovering from last year's devastating floods, which killed livestock and wiped out crops. I was in Sindh recently, for one of the distributions. more »
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The long, difficult journey home in Sindh
Posted by Euan.Robinson on August 18th, 2011
Even before the floods hit, many people in Sindh did not have access to health care. Whatever clinics and medical equipment there had been was washed away by the floodwater. Rates of illnesses, including malaria and skin infections, shot up in the wake of the floods, with many people falling very sick. more »
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Muhammad: Behind the scenes with an IRC aid worker (Part ll)
Posted by Ned Colt on July 8th, 2011
I’d initially heard about Muhammad from another IRC colleague. “He’s amazing,” she said. “At the height of last year’s flooding, when everyone else was fleeing to safety, Muhammad went in the opposite direction.” more »
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Muhammad: Behind the scenes with an IRC aid worker (Part l)
Posted by Ned Colt on July 7th, 2011
If you’re ever feeling cynical about human nature, I’d like you to meet Muhammad. He’s an IRC colleague who has performed humanitarian work for more than a decade. However, unless you’re a Pakistani living near the Afghan border, you’ll have a hard time finding him! I ‘m fortunate, Muhammad is a colleague of mine, and was in the capital Islamabad recently. more »
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