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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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RT @MoveEndViolence: Why do we need a #movement to end #VAWG? #MovementMaker Heidi Lehmann of @theIRC on the blog. t.co/H74c80BdAs
May 20, 2013
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@Doylech @oneworldadopt @Just_Naomi_chan @socialfund @AFRIpads @tamaraduker @lynndalsing @HuTerra @scribblymouse thanks for your support!
May 20, 2013
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RT @IRCuk: Thanks @LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall for an excellent concert & for supporting our work w. Syrian refugees #TheAsfar…
May 20, 2013
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Posted by The.IRC on August 9th, 2012
This six-month-old Syrian baby has teething problems. His mother brought him to the IRC’s clinic in Mafraq, Jordan, where a doctor examines him. The IRC is providing aid to thousands of refugees who fled violence in neighboring Syria. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, health, photos, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on August 3rd, 2012
The IRC's Luan Meraku discusses the escalating crisis in Syria that is forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. The IRC is running two clinics for Syrian refugees in Jordan to relieve overburdened local health services. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Health, Syria, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: emergency relief, IRC-UK, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syrian crisis |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on August 1st, 2012
One year ago, three-year-old Aden Abdallah Ibrahim arrived at the IRC hospital in the Dadaab refugee camp weighing just 11 pounds. His family, refugees from drought-stricken Somalia, had walked for 25 days to reach the camp. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: children, drought, health, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine, Dadaab, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim |
Posted by The.IRC on July 20th, 2012
Drought in the Sahel region of Africa could not come at a worse time for the nation of Mali. Its northern territory was forcibly taken over by insurgents early this year, and soon afterwards a coup displaced the country’s democratically elected government. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, GenR, Mali | Tags: drought, conflict, Mali, Sahel crisis, Niger | 1 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on July 20th, 2012
Last summer, tens of thousands of Somali refugees fled famine, drought and conflict in their own country, crossing the border to seek refuge in Dadaab. Seven-month-old Minhaj Gedi Farah, caught the attention of the world as “the face of the famine” when he arrived at the IRC’s ward for malnourished children. more »
Posted in Health, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: drought, Advocacy, Somali refugees, famine, Dadaab | 3 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on July 20th, 2012
One year ago today, the United Nations declared famine in six areas of Somalia, the result of consecutive seasons of poor rains, failed crops and lost livestock. The IRC responded quickly, scaling up programs and supporting the most vulnerable communities. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Somalia | Tags: drought, water, Somalia famine |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on July 19th, 2012
The IRC has played a decisive role in containing a major cholera outbreak in Congo's North Kivu province, where armed violence has uprooted more than 200,000 people since April. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Health, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: emergency relief, conflict, cholera, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Susan Purdin on July 13th, 2012
This Tuesday was the first birthday of Aluel Auger, who was born in an IRC-supported clinic one day after her country -- South Sudan -- gained independence. What does her future hold? more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Mothers, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: children, mothers, South Sudan independence |
Posted by Ned Colt on July 12th, 2012
Ahdad, 13 days old, is the tiniest patient receiving treatment at the IRC's medical clinics serving Syrian refugees. The two clinics opened in northern Jordan in mid-June. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Middle East, Jordan | Tags: refugees, Jordan, Syria, health, Syrian refugees, IRC clinics |
Posted by The.IRC on July 11th, 2012
In the struggling new nation of South Sudan, the IRC is building maternal health clinics in extremely remote communities, staffing them with trained South Sudanese midwives. more »
Posted in Health, Mothers, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: maternal health, South Sudan independence |
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