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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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Posted by The.IRC on December 3rd, 2012
A former child soldier in South Sudan, Ador Riak Nyiel attended school for the first time in a refugee camp, eventually becoming a special needs teacher. Today he's enrolled in a pioneering IRC/University of Nairobi Master's degree program that aims to improve education for refugees. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Education, Kenya | Tags: Sudanese refugees, child soldiers, disabilities, education in emergencies |
Posted by The.IRC on November 26th, 2012
When violence broke out in Kenya after the disputed 2008 presidential elections, more than 1,300 people lost their lives. With new elections scheduled for this coming March, the IRC is working with Kenyan partners to avert a repeat of the past. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Post conflict, Peace, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, Kenya | Tags: 16 Days, domestic violence, peace, Sexual Violence, conflict, women, Peace Initiative Kenya | 2 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on November 15th, 2012
In many ways, 19-year-old Susan Kayongo is a typical Kenyan teenager. Brought up by her grandmother in one of Nairobi’s poorest neighborhoods, she did well in primary school but could not afford to continue her education. Her future looked bleak, like so many young women in her country with little education and work. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, Kenya | 1 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on October 5th, 2012
A small group of Somali women traveled some 300 miles from the world’s largest refugee camp to Kenya’s bustling capital this week to take part in the Nairobi International Trade Fair. more »
Posted in Women, Kenya | Tags: refugees, livelihoods, Somali refugees, women, poverty | 1 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on October 2nd, 2012
IRC medical staff members have been treating cases of cholera since mid-September in Hagadera refugee camp, part of the massive Dadaab refugee complex in northeastern Kenya. more »
Posted in Health, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, health, cholera, Somali refugees, Dadaab |
Posted by melissa.winkler on September 28th, 2012
In crisis zones where the IRC provides aid, millions of women and girls have witnessed extreme violence, suffered immeasurable loss, endured the chaos of displacement and experienced unimaginable abuse and brutality. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Protection, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: Sexual Violence, water, women, Half the Sky | 2 Comments
Posted by Jane Yang on August 23rd, 2012
Around the world, many people living with asthma have difficulty taking their medication using inhalers. An IRC pharmacist in a Kenyan refugee camp has come up with an inexpensive and eco-friendly solution. more »
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on August 1st, 2012
One year ago, three-year-old Aden Abdallah Ibrahim arrived at the IRC hospital in the Dadaab refugee camp weighing just 11 pounds. His family, refugees from drought-stricken Somalia, had walked for 25 days to reach the camp. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: children, drought, health, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine, Dadaab, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on July 20th, 2012
Last summer, tens of thousands of Somali refugees fled famine, drought and conflict in their own country, crossing the border to seek refuge in Dadaab. Seven-month-old Minhaj Gedi Farah, caught the attention of the world as “the face of the famine” when he arrived at the IRC’s ward for malnourished children. more »
Posted in Health, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: drought, Advocacy, Somali refugees, famine, Dadaab | 3 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on July 19th, 2012
The IRC and six other international aid organizations are warning that a critical shortage of funds is putting tens of thousands of lives at risk in Kenya's Dabaab refugee camp, the world’s largest. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, drought, Advocacy, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine, Dadaab |
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