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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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RT @MoveEndViolence: Why do we need a #movement to end #VAWG? #MovementMaker Heidi Lehmann of @theIRC on the blog. t.co/H74c80BdAs
May 20, 2013
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@Doylech @oneworldadopt @Just_Naomi_chan @socialfund @AFRIpads @tamaraduker @lynndalsing @HuTerra @scribblymouse thanks for your support!
May 20, 2013
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RT @IRCuk: Thanks @LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall for an excellent concert & for supporting our work w. Syrian refugees #TheAsfar…
May 20, 2013
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Hygiene
Posted by Jane Yang on December 30th, 2011
In drought-stricken Turkana, Kenya -- where children were dropping out of school to search for water for their families -- the IRC installed two large storage tanks and started delivering water for the students to carry home. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: children, drought, hygiene, water, education, Turkana | 2 Comments
Posted by Tatenda Gonye on March 11th, 2011
Yesterday I wrote about how a decade of economic troubles has eroded Zimbabwe's water and sanitation infrastructure, leaving its people vulnerable to cholera and other water borne illnesses. Today I'll describe how my IRC colleagues and I are working in eastern Zimbabwe to help restore community water systems and respond to outbreaks of disease. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Zimbabwe | Tags: aid worker blogs, health, humanitarian, hygiene, sanitation, water, cholera, community health workers, Zimbabwe | 3 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 5th, 2011
The IRC has worked in partnership with government agencies to rehabilitate water and sanitation systems at health clinics and youth centers and built latrines, showers, and safe water points in settlements for displaced people. more »
Posted in Health, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: health, humanitarian, hygiene, sanitation, water, Haiti Earthquake, cholera |
Posted by joanne.offer on August 15th, 2008
Posted in Health, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, South Sudan, Uganda | Tags: refugees, farming, humanitarian, hygiene, Joanne Offer in Uganda, Sudanese refugees |
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