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Posted by The.IRC on May 29th, 2012
Umaru Senessie was born into poverty in war-torn Sierra Leone, forced to work hard labor in the country’s diamond mines, but he was determined he would make a difference and help his village heal. He tells his story here. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Sierra Leone | Tags: health | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on May 21st, 2012
Millions of Malians are threatened by the drought and hunger crisis in Africa's Sahel region. The IRC is providing emergency support to local health centers. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: Sahel |
Posted by The.IRC on May 3rd, 2012
As hundreds of thousands of people in Mali are still suffering from fighting and a worsening food crisis, the IRC is mobilizing its emergency team to provide water in battle-scarred cities in the north of the country and treatment for malnourished children in the drought-hit south. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Mali | Tags: IRC-UK, Mali, Sahel crisis |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on April 27th, 2012
The IRC will start providing emergency nutrition to children under five and to pregnant and new mothers in Mongo -- one of the hardest-hit areas of Chad's drought-sticken Guéra region -- in the coming days. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad | Tags: nutrition, Sahel, Chad_Sahel |
Posted by The.IRC on April 26th, 2012
Cultivating acceptance for the importance of early childhood education, especially for girls, has been an uphill battle in an isolated community of nomadic herders in Kenya. Learn how an IRC water tank helped fill the local school's classrooms with new students. more »
Posted in Health, Education, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: water, education, Turkana, We Can Be Heroes | 2 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on April 24th, 2012
The IRC's Sophia Jones-Mwangi speaks with IRC medical staff who are at the forefront of providing crucial care throughout the drought-stricken Bahr el Gazal region of western Chad. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Sahel Crisis, Africa, Chad | Tags: aid workers, health, hunger, malnutrition, food, poverty, community health workers, humanitarian aid, Bahr el Gazal, Chad_Sahel, health care, pneumonia |
Posted by Jane Yang on April 21st, 2012
They’re officially named “block health committees,” but to IRC grants intern Jane Yang they’re the Kakuma refugee camp clean-up brigade, teams of neighborhood volunteers on a mission to ensure safe and sanitary conditions within the camp. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Earth Day, Kakuma, sanitation, Kakuma_environment |
Posted by The.IRC on April 20th, 2012
The IRC's Marion Dols on how the IRC is providing care for women in the overwhelmed Yida refugee camp, where hundreds of desperate Sudanese fleeing fighting and a severe food shortage are arriving each day. more »
Posted in Health, Mothers, Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: health, women, reproductive health, South Kordofan, Yida refugee camp | 3 Comments
Posted by Jane Yang on April 20th, 2012
As Earth Day approaches, a look at how the IRC is working with a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering refugees and improving the quality of their lives and their environment. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Kakuma, sanitation, Kakuma_environment, environmental health |
Posted by Jane Yang on April 19th, 2012
As Earth Day approaches we’re taking a look at some of the environmental concerns that arise in humanitarian crises; among them, how to address a growing litter problem in a massive refugee camp. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Earth Day, environment, health, Kakuma, sanitation, Sudanese refugees, water, Somali refugees, Kakuma_environment | 3 Comments
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