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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
May 22, 2013
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Less than 10 yrs after fleeing Somalia, Amal Kahim Jama & her family became refugees again, in Syria: t.co/wZkmKWqy00 via @AJEnglish
May 22, 2013
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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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Horn Of Africa Drought
Posted by The.IRC on November 3rd, 2011
In this short clip, a teacher in Kenya expresses his hope that children who have been forced to leave school due to the drought will now be able to continue their studies thanks to water delivered by the IRC. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: children, video, drought, IRC-UK, water, education |
Posted by The.IRC on November 2nd, 2011
New photos by the IRC's Peter Biro on BBC News show the living conditions of Somalis who have been displaced by conflict and famine. more »
Posted by The.IRC on October 31st, 2011
The Forgotten Crisis, a new short film by IRC-UK, documents the scale of the damage caused by the drought in Turkana, Kenya. The film also shows how the IRC is helping communities in need get back on their feet. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: video, drought, water, humanitarian aid, Turkana |
Posted by Makeda Yasenlul on October 28th, 2011
Before the IRC arrived in Buri Lange, Ethiopia, villagers used to get water from a river three hours away. Women, who traditionally fetch water, had to walk over difficult steep terrain with heavy plastic water containers on their backs. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: drought, water, humanitarian aid | 3 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on October 24th, 2011
Salado Ali Salat received five goats from the IRC. "I didn't have an income before," she said. "The goats give me milk to feed my children and sell in the market to buy rice." more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Somalia | Tags: drought, conflict, Photo of the Day |
Posted by The.IRC on October 21st, 2011
A donkey drinks at an IRC trough in Somalia's Galmudug state. Hundreds of thousands of animals have already died in the ongoing drought. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Somalia | Tags: drought, water, natural disasters, Photo of the Day |
Posted by The.IRC on October 20th, 2011
Two children fetching water at an IRC-installed water tap in Darussalam village in central Somalia. The IRC is building and repairing wells, hand pumps and pipelines and training community volunteers in hygiene. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Somalia | Tags: children, drought, water, natural disasters, Photo of the Day |
Posted by The.IRC on October 19th, 2011
A woman displaced by recent fighting in Somalia. The most devastating drought in 60 years, clan fighting and clashes between the Somali government and the extremist al-Shabaab militia has left over 180,000 people displaced within Somalia this year alone. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Somalia | Tags: conflict, Photo of the Day, woman |
Posted by The.IRC on September 28th, 2011
Last week at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, IRC president George Rupp spoke with The Economist about the drought crisis in East Africa and what's being done to help. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: video, drought, George Rupp, news, natural disasters, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine |
Posted by The.IRC on September 23rd, 2011
The IRC was one of 20 aid organizations to sign an open letter asking the international community to put "people before politics" to ease the suffering in drought-stricken Somalia. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Somalia | Tags: drought, Advocacy, natural disasters, humanitarian aid |
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