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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
VOICES FROM THE FIELD THE IRC BLOG
Landmines
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on April 20th, 2009
Meet an IRC doctor who works along the Thai-Burma border, where landmines pose a threat to life and limb, and Burmese refugees are crowded into camps where disease can spread quickly. more »
Posted in Health, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian, landmines | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on August 28th, 2008
“We won’t go back until it’s safe,” is the refrain I hear every day from people who fled for their lives nearly three weeks ago amid intense fighting between Georgian, Russian and assorted other forces. Roughly 160,000 people are newly uprooted in addition to a sizeable group of 250,000 displaced from conflicts dating back to the 1990s. more »
Posted in War, Russia, Georgia, Northern Caucasus | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, landmines, South Ossetia |
Posted by The.IRC on August 14th, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Child Soldiers, Disabilities, Humanitarian Aid, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: refugees, development, humanitarian, landmines, Taleban, Taliban |
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