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VOICES FROM THE FIELD THE IRC BLOG
Humanitarian Aid
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 19th, 2011
Today is World Humanitarian Day -- a celebration of people helping people. Every day humanitarian aid workers help millions of people around the world. Sitting here at my computer in the IRC's New York HQ office, I am in awe of my IRC colleagues and our partners and peers in the field who persevere through unimaginable circumstances in order to save lives... more »
Posted in Emergency Response, IRC Worldwide | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian aid, World Humanitarian Day 2011 | 2 Comments
Posted by Euan.Robinson on August 18th, 2011
Even before the floods hit, many people in Sindh did not have access to health care. Whatever clinics and medical equipment there had been was washed away by the floodwater. Rates of illnesses, including malaria and skin infections, shot up in the wake of the floods, with many people falling very sick. more »
Posted in Pakistan Floods, Asia, Pakistan | Tags: health, IRC-UK, natural disasters, Sindh, Pakistan, humanitarian aid, Floods |
Posted by Sinead Murray on August 17th, 2011
Famine has gripped headlines in recent weeks. Yet the story you might not have heard is what I consider the hidden side of this crisis –- violence against women and girls. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, drought, natural disasters, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine |
Posted by Elisabeth.Roesch on August 15th, 2011
At a packed Congressional briefing on August 4, my colleague Elizabeth Pender, the IRC's emergency technical advisor for women’s protection and empowerment, spoke about violence against women and girls who are fleeing the famine in Somalia. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, Advocacy, take action, Somalia, women, humanitarian aid, famine, Elizabeth Pender | 2 Comments
Posted by George.Rupp on July 29th, 2011
The United Nations has declared a famine in the Horn of Africa, surprising no one who works in the region. As early as August 2010 there were indications that a crisis loomed. Now more than 3.7 million Somalis, or half of the entire population, are in need of aid. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, natural disasters, humanitarian aid, famine, Horn of Africa | 18 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on July 21st, 2011
When Abdallah Ibrahim Jare, his wife Ishan and their four young children set out on foot on the 25-day trek from their home in Somalia to Kenya, Abdallah had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead of him. Fifteen days into their journey, 30-year-old Ishan died. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, hunger, malnutrition, refugee camps, news, Kenya, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim | 1 Comments
Posted by Milka Choge on July 20th, 2011
Habiba, 29, told me her family was forced to leave because of the insecurity in Somalia and because they had lost livestock they depended on for income to the ongoing drought. In January they had 40 goats but by the end of June only 10 remained. They sold half of them on the way to Dadaab in exchange for money to buy food. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, drought, health, refugee camps, Kenya, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, humanitarian aid |
Posted by George.Rupp on July 20th, 2011
In response to increasing displacement caused by the devastating drought in the Horn of Africa and East Africa, we issued a press release and posted a Web special report earlier this month to raise public awareness of the crisis and note the IRC’s response. more »
Posted by Milka Choge on July 19th, 2011
I met Madina Aden, a 36-year-old mother of five, with her two sons at the mobile clinic run by the IRC on the outskirts of the Hagadera refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. We were treating newly arrived refugees -- families who had fled drought and insecurity in neighboring Somalia. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: children, refugees, drought, health, refugee camps, Kenya, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on July 15th, 2011
Fatuma, 25, arrived in Dadaab refugee camp four days ago by car with her mother and her five children. The young widow gave birth to her baby girl, Shire, on her way here. The family arrived without luggage -- it was stolen from the parked car late one night as they slept. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: drought, refugee camps, natural disasters, Dadaab refugee camps, humanitarian aid | 2 Comments
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