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IRC nurse bringing more than good health to Syrian refugees
Posted by Ned Colt on December 31st, 2012
IRC nurse Areej Obeidat brings new meaning to the concept of taking your work home with you. In her case, it's all about her patients: Syrian refugees living in Jordan. more »
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A hopeful story from West Africa
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 28th, 2012
Two months ago, Jabadjie, a 16-month-old girl suffering from acute and severe malnutrition, was rushed to an IRC-supported clinic in Kati, a district in Mali. After a few weeks of intensive care and a feeding regimen of nutritionally fortified peanut paste and milk, Jabadjie showed signs of recovery. more »
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Catching up with my friend, Nyibol Akol Padiet
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on December 26th, 2012
I first met Nyibol Akot Padiet, a volunteer community health provider, in southern Sudan on my very first assignment with the IRC in 2010. Since then South Sudan has seceded from Sudan -- becoming the world’s newest nation -- and Nyibol celebrated the birth of a new grandchild. more »
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Photo: Drawing water, Afghanistan
Posted by The.IRC on December 23rd, 2012
The IRC's Ned Colt shares this photo of a boy drawing water from a well in Herat, Afghanistan. Less than half of all Afghans have access to safe drinking water. The IRC is providing clean water to rural communities where residents have had to drink water from contaminated puddles and streams.. more »
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Bringing precious water to thousands of rural Afghans
Posted by Ned Colt on December 14th, 2012
Only 12% of Afghans in rural areas have access to clean water: Many are forced to drink water from contaminated puddles and streams. The IRC is building wells, pipelines and reservoirs and training residents to make repairs. more »
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Photo: Looted health center, Congo
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on December 6th, 2012
This is the maternity ward at a health center in Niyragongo that was looted by armed men after local residents fled fighting between rebels and government troops. The IRC is working to repair damaged health centers and schools. more »
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IRC to repair health clinics and schools in violence-wracked North Kivu
Posted by The.IRC on November 29th, 2012
An IRC team yesterday began an assessment of the damage and destruction inflicted on health clinics and schools by fighting between rebels and government soldiers outside the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. more »
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By the soles of their feet
Posted by The.IRC on November 16th, 2012
The IRC's Maggie Fleming recently traveled with an IRC health team to deliver crucial medicines to remote clinics in South Sudan. She reports on the arduous journey they took during the rainy season. more »
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After Sandy: A story of resilience
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on October 31st, 2012
As our sturdy walls shuddered with the howling wind, my IRC colleagues in New York wondered how hundreds of thousands of homeless earthquake survivors in Haiti could possibly have weathered this same fearsome storm in tents. more »
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In Mali, a mother focuses on survival
Posted by Peter.Biro on October 15th, 2012
A week after Mohammed was born, he was abandoned by his parents and left in the care of an aunt, Assetou Diallo, who was already struggling to raise nine children. He and another of Assetou's children were diagnosed with malnutrition, malaria and pneumonia at an IRC clinic. more »
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