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Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on June 14th, 2013
I first met Abdallah Ibrahim Yare in Dadaab complex, home to 500,000 refugees, two years ago at the height of the famine in Somalia. He and his family, along with thousands of others, had trekked for days to Kenya in search of food and safety. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, hunger, malnutrition, Somali refugees, Dadaab, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on June 11th, 2013
The IRC in Kenya has been responding to a polio outbreak in the world’s largest refugee complex, Dadaab. The five camps in this sprawling complex house almost half a million refugees, mainly from Somalia. more »
Posted by The.IRC on May 31st, 2013
David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, blogs in Huffington Post UK about his visit this week to International Rescue Committee programs in Kenya. Miliband will succeed George Rupp as the IRC’s president and CEO in September. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Urban Refugees, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, urban refugees, humanitarian aid, David Miliband |
Posted by The.IRC on March 26th, 2013
Explore DADAAB STORIES, an online multimedia experience just launched by our partner FilmAid International. Video, poetry, music, radio, community journalism and blogs tell personal stories from the world's largest refugee camp. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Dadaab, Somali refugees. refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on March 7th, 2013
Update Mar. 9, 2013: IRC emergency teams in Kenya remain on standby following today's announcement of the results of a tense presidential race. Monday's vote was the first since disputed 2007 national elections erupted into violence that killed 1,500 people. more »
Posted in Peace, Kenya | Tags: Peace Initiative Kenya, Kenyan elections |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on March 5th, 2013
Yesterday, Kenyans cast their vote for president for the first time since a disputed 2007 election resulted in widespread violence and uprooted more than half a million people. The IRC is ready to respond if the need arises. more »
Posted in Peace, Africa, Kenya | Tags: Kenyan elections |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on March 4th, 2013
Today, as Kenyans go to the polls to elect a new president, voters are casting ballots with hope and trepidation. Almost 1,500 people died during widespread violence that erupted following the last, disputed election in 2007. more »
Posted in Peace, Africa, Kenya | Tags: peace, conflict, Kenyan elections | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on March 4th, 2013
More than 1,300 people lost their lives in violence that followed a disputed presidential election in 2008. Today millions of Kenyans turned out to cast their vote in the first national elections since the crisis. more »
Posted in Africa, Kenya | Tags: peace, conflict, Kenyan elections |
Posted by Jerotich Seii H... on January 23rd, 2013
When she learned last month that all refugees in Kenya’s cities were being ordered to relocate to camps, Mariam met the news with disbelief. She'd struggled to make a new home in Nairobi for her orphaned grandchildren. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Urban Refugees, Kenya | Tags: refugees, Kakuma, Nairobi, urban refugees, human rights, Advocacy, Eastleigh, humanitarian aid, Dadaab, Kambioos | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 3rd, 2013
The lifesaving impact of the We Can Be Heroes drought relief campaign is exemplified by the story of Aden, a three-year-old boy who returned from the brink of starvation after being treated at an IRC clinic in Dadaab, Kenya. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: drought, malnutrition, Somali refugees, We Can Be Heroes, Dadaab, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim, Hagadera |
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