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Hurricane Tomas: Tweeting updates from Port-au-Prince
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 6th, 2010
IRC communications officer Susana Ferreira has been out with IRC teams in Port-au-Prince today, surveying damage from Hurricane Tomas and speaking with homeless earthquake survivors who rode out the storm in some of the city's fragile tent settlements. more »
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Stormy weather for Haiti, as Tomas nears
Posted by Susana.Ferreira on November 4th, 2010
The wind had already picked up by Thursday morning in Villambetta. It whipped around the tents and plastic tarp-covered shacks in the camp. Groups of children, grinning and oblivious to the worries of the adults, made kites by tying black plastic bags to string, hoisting them into the air. The wind carried them high. more »
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Haiti: Making water safe to drink
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 3rd, 2010
The unsanitary conditions in Port-au-Prince's tent settlements and slums are ripe for the spread of cholera. The IRC's Susana Ferreira shared these photos of our environmental health team treating water in camps where people don't have a safe supply. more »
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Counting on hope
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on October 29th, 2010
Every day my IRC colleagues and I deal with numbers -- big numbers, small numbers, sobering numbers – numbers that add to the sum total of human suffering. But no matter how grim the statistics from the crisis zones where we work, there are other numbers that add up to one thing: hope. more »
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Preventing the spread of cholera in Haiti
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on October 29th, 2010
Cholera is a serious threat to the more than one million earthquake survivors living in crowded tent settlements around Port-au-Prince. That's why prevention activities are in full gear in the 30 camps where the IRC currently assists some 100,000 people. more »
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Quoted: Going to places where children have nothing
Posted by The.IRC on October 27th, 2010
The IRC's Rebecca Chandler talks with KCBS in San Francisco about her work on family tracing and reunification in Haiti, and what being an aid worker means to her. more »
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Haiti: Everyone has cholera on their mind
Posted by Susana.Ferreira on October 26th, 2010
It’s been nearly a week now since the first cholera cases were detected in a rural area north of Port-au-Prince, and in the days following a major public information and prevention campaign has been launched. There is a sense that the situation may be stabilizing, but some experts and officials have warned that it may be too early for optimism. more »
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Meet our brightest lights
Posted by The.IRC on October 26th, 2010
They rarely make headlines, but aid workers perform lifesaving deeds every day. We recognize the most outstanding of our colleagues through the annual Sarlo Foundation Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service. Meet this year’s recipients. more »
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Fatal outbreak of cholera in Haiti
Posted by The.IRC on October 22nd, 2010
The IRC team in Haiti is stepping up prevention efforts amid growing concerns that a fatal outbreak of cholera could reach the congested settlements of earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince. more »
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Quoted: "I have the best and worst job in the world"
Posted by The.IRC on October 14th, 2010
IRC child protection specialist Rebecca Chandler tells her hometown newspaper what drives her to do humanitarian work. Becky is one of this year's recipients of a Sarlo Foundation Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service. more »
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