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@LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall Hope it's an amazing night! Thanks for your support.
May 17, 2013
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RT @DCComics: Amazing. 2.6k of you gave $150K+ to #WeCanBeHeroes. Big thanks from DCComics @SavetheChildren @mercycorps @theIRC t.co…
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: It spared Myanmar almost entirely, and the storm’s impact in Rakhine State was minimal.
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: Storm weakened & then dissipated Thurs, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh.
May 17, 2013
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Call Senate Judiciary Cttee & urge them to pass #CIR that includes protections for asylees & #refugees: t.co/4OQrSoAGVt #CIRmarkup
May 16, 2013
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Posted by The.IRC on June 22nd, 2012
A teenage survivor of sexual assault who received counseling at an IRC center in Sierra Leone tells her story to The Irish Times ... plus other recent media coverage touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Sierra Leone | Tags: refugees, news, humanitarian aid |
Posted by The.IRC on June 22nd, 2012
The director of the IRC's emergency preparedness and response programs discusses the worsening humanitarian situation in conflict-torn Syria. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: conflict, emergency response, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on June 20th, 2012
On the eve of World Refugee Day, the IRC's Bob Kitchen spoke with TakePart about the global refugee crisis, ranking the world’s most vulnerable nations. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Indonesia, IRC Worldwide | Tags: refugees, World Refugee Day, humanitarian aid |
Posted by The.IRC on June 20th, 2012
The Magnum Foundation is marking World Refugee Day today with three amazing photo essays about refugees by foundation-supported photographers. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid | Tags: refugees, World Refugee Day, photos, humanitarian aid |
Posted by The.IRC on June 19th, 2012
On World Refugee Day the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is asking what you would do if faced with the difficult decisions that refugees must make. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid | Tags: refugees, IDPs, unhcr, conflict, humanitarian aid, persecution | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on June 19th, 2012
Actress Rashida Jones talks about the most urgent refugee crises today and her work as an IRC Voice in an interview with MSN Causes for World Refugee Day. more »
Posted in IRC Voice | Tags: refugees, World Refugee Day, emergencies, quoted, humanitarian aid, IRC Voices |
Posted by The.IRC on June 18th, 2012
Join us on June 27 for a phone briefing from the field as IRC experts assess the widening drought disaster in Africa and describe the impact of the IRC's response. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Events, Horn of Africa Drought, Sahel Crisis, GenR, Africa, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali | Tags: drought, humanitarian aid, famine, Sahel | 1 Comments
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on June 8th, 2012
The Tuungane program brings together Congo communities to build critical new development projects and tranform the region. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Humanitarian Aid, Organizations Assisting Refugees, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: development, Tuungane, Eastern Congo, communities |
Posted by The.IRC on May 15th, 2012
Seasonal rains due in Sudan and South Sudan will exacerbate an already dire humanitarian crisis, the IRC and other leading humanitarian agencies warn. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: Sudanese refugees, conflict, humanitarian aid, South Kordofan, Yida |
Posted by The.IRC on May 11th, 2012
In honor of Mother's Day, we wanted to pay tribute to the amazing, courageous moms we meet every day in our work responding to the world’s worst humanitarian crises. more »
Posted in Women | Tags: refugees, Mother's Day, women, mothers, humanitarian aid |
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