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How IRC supporters helped rescue 7-month-old Minhaj Farah
Posted by The.IRC on December 28th, 2011
“His mother never thought he would recover,” said the IRC nurse-nutritionist who monitored infant Minhaj Gedi Farah’s extraordinary recovery from life-threatening malnourishment, anemia, and tuberculosis. more »
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A heroic history
Posted by Al Kastner on December 28th, 2011
As one who personally knew many of the IRC’s key figures of the 1930s and 1940s -- men and women of conscience and courage -- I can easily see the parallel between our current work and our early efforts assisting people targeted by the Nazis. more »
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2011: Seeds of renewal in North Africa
Posted by George.Rupp on December 27th, 2011
When civil war erupted in Libya last February, the IRC stepped in as waves of refugees and foreign nationals fled to Tunisia. In Egypt, where more than 30 million people live on less than $2 a day, we launched a program to foster immediate job creation for unemployed and disadvantaged youth. more »
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2011: Drought and famine in the Horn of Africa
Posted by George.Rupp on December 26th, 2011
The IRC strives to meet the challenges of new and ongoing humanitarian crises in our increasingly restive world. Each day this week, I will share an example of the extraordinary assistance that IRC supporters helped us to deliver in 2011. First, an update on the Horn of Africa crisis. more »
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This Week's Voices: "Charity in its purest form”
Posted by The.IRC on December 23rd, 2011
Sue Dwyer, IRC vice president for programs, on Somali refugees who are helping other victims of East Africa's most devastating drought in 60 years — plus, other notable quotes touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
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After the tsunami: Helping survivors with disabilities recover
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on December 2nd, 2011
More than eight months after a tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan, IRC partner AAR is continuing to assist survivors with disabilities and others who have had difficulty accessing aid. more »
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Springing into action
Posted by George.Rupp on December 2nd, 2011
When the water dries up, when the floods come, when the militants pillage, the IRC is hard at work doing what we do best -- saving lives. Right now, we have an extraordinary opportunity. Special friends of the IRC will match your online donation dollar for dollar -- up to $1.54 million -- through December 31. more »
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This Week's Voices: "If I didn't come to teach there would be an empty classroom"
Posted by The.IRC on December 2nd, 2011
Hear from a teacher who is trying to keep kids learning amid crisis in eastern Congo --- plus, other notable quotes touching on the work of the IRC around the world. more »
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IRC in the news
Posted by The.IRC on December 1st, 2011
Ahead of Congo’s national elections, Ciaran Donnelly, the IRC’s Congo country director, participated in a wide-ranging debate before a live audience in Kinshasa on the question of whether the Democratic Republic of Congo is a failed state. more »
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Keeping cholera in check in the world’s largest refugee camp
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 22nd, 2011
The IRC is responding to a cholera outbreak in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp that threatens Somalis who have fled fighting and the region's worst drought in six decades. more »
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