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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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Mothers
Posted by The.IRC on May 10th, 2012
In all of our humanitarian programs, the International Rescue Committee is committed to the full empowerment and participation of women and girls. more »
Tags: women, mothers |
Posted by Peter.Biro on May 9th, 2012
Domestic violence is rampant in Thailand's refugee camps. The IRC is helping couples resolve their problems by showing them how to communicate better. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Domestic Violence, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, domestic violence, refugee camps, mothers, Mae La | 5 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on May 7th, 2012
We are so pleased to see IRC charitable gifts popping up in Mother's Day gift guides all over the Web. Our Rescue Gifts support women and their families all over the world at the same time as they delight and inspire the mom in your life. more »
Posted in Mothers, Women | Tags: mothers, Mother's Day gifts, Rescue Gifts |
Posted by Susan Purdin on May 2nd, 2012
Every year during childbirth, over 500,000 women worldwide die from preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth. In Africa, these risks have given rise to the saying: “A woman who is pregnant has one foot in the grave.” more »
Posted in Mothers, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, Mother's Day, women, mothers, Rescue Gifts |
Posted by The.IRC on April 25th, 2012
In an interview posted today on the Celebrity Baby Scoop blog, Sarah Wayne Callies speaks beautifully about her roles on The Walking Dead, as an IRC Voice, and as a mother. more »
Posted in Mothers | Tags: refugees, mothers, noted, humanitarian aid, Sarah Wayne Callies | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on April 20th, 2012
The IRC's Marion Dols on how the IRC is providing care for women in the overwhelmed Yida refugee camp, where hundreds of desperate Sudanese fleeing fighting and a severe food shortage are arriving each day. more »
Posted in Health, Mothers, Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: health, women, reproductive health, South Kordofan, Yida refugee camp | 3 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on March 2nd, 2012
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies has just returned from visiting Thai camps on the border with Myanmar, also known as Burma, where the International Rescue Committee assists Burmese refugees who have fled conflict and economic hardship at home. more »
Posted in Health, Mothers, Asia, Thailand | Tags: Burmese refugees, health, refugee camps, humanitarian aid, IRC Voices, Sarah Wayne Callies, maternal health, Sarah Wayne Callies in Thailand | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 2nd, 2012
Sophia Abdi, a 32-year-old mother of three, on expecting her fourth child at a clinic run by the IRC in the Dadaab refugee camp complex in northwestern Kenya. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, drought, Dadaab refugee camps, Somali refugees, mothers, famine |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 5th, 2011
In honor of Mother's Day we're spotlighting some of our favorite posts about mothers. Almost 20 years after they were banished from their home in Bhutan, Uma Timsina and her husband Chet Nath left a refugee camp in Nepal—and everything familiar—to rebuild their lives with their young son in New York. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, bhutanese refugees, humanitarian, mother's day gift, resettlement, mothers, Mother's Day 2011 |
Posted by The.IRC on December 2nd, 2010
Shenaz is 23 years old and has three children. Her baby was just eight days old when the floods hit. Shenaz fled with her family, holding the newborn and wading through waters that rose waist-high. Now the family has returned to their village to find even more suffering. more »
Posted in Pakistan Floods, Asia, Pakistan | Tags: emergency, humanitarian, Pakistan flooding, natural disasters, mothers |
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