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Posted by The.IRC on January 8th, 2011
Many displaced people in Port-au-Prince have lost important documents including birth and marriage certificates. Without a birth certificate, a person is not able to register for school, open a bank account or access other critical services. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Haiti | Tags: humanitarian, justice, Advocacy, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters |
Posted by The.IRC on January 7th, 2011
Immediately following the earthquake, IRC health teams were deployed to the most devastated areas of Haiti where no other aid organizations were present and where outbreaks of disease were likely. Read a snapshot of our work in child welfare over the past year. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, youth, natural disasters, Haiti Earthquake; humanitarian |
Posted by The.IRC on January 4th, 2011
Women and girls are at the center of the IRC’s relief effort in Haiti. The IRC was the first agency to deploy a specialist dedicated to reducing sexual violence and runs a full-time program to help ensure the safety of women and girls. more »
Posted in Women, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: emergency relief, humanitarian, Sexual Violence, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters, women |
Posted by George.Rupp on December 31st, 2010
I want to close 2010 by paying special tribute to the courageous members of the IRC field staff, including those working in our 22 U.S. resettlement offices. Many of these men and women work in dangerous and difficult circumstances to selflessly carry out our work. more »
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on December 30th, 2010
Children in one of the IRC's child friendly spaces in Haiti offer thanks to all our loyal supporters who make the IRC's work possible around the globe. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, video, humanitarian, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters |
Posted by The.IRC on December 7th, 2010
“We can’t get back all that we lost. But these seeds and the crops that will grow from them will help us recover from the floods. I thank the IRC for this assistance.” - Obaid Ullah, one of 3,500 farmers the IRC is assisting in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province more »
Posted in Pakistan Floods, Asia, Pakistan | Tags: farming, humanitarian, Pakistan flooding, natural disasters, quoted |
Posted by RoxannePaisible_IRC on December 4th, 2010
This week's election's in Haiti brought nothing but frustration for the many people who, amid widely-reported confusion, found themselves unable to vote. After years of feeling powerless, they found that, once again, their voices weren’t being heard. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Haiti | Tags: humanitarian, human rights, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters, elections |
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 |
Posted by Susana.Ferreira on November 24th, 2010
The IRC’s Family Tracing and Reunification team has had a busy few months in Haiti, helping 139 family members separated by the January 2010 earthquake find each other. I was on hand for their 100th reunification last month in Port-au-Prince. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, family tracing, humanitarian, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters |
Posted by Susana.Ferreira on November 4th, 2010
The wind had already picked up by Thursday morning in Villambetta. It whipped around the tents and plastic tarp-covered shacks in the camp. Groups of children, grinning and oblivious to the worries of the adults, made kites by tying black plastic bags to string, hoisting them into the air. The wind carried them high. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: humanitarian, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters, hurricane, Tropical Storm Tomas |
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