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Photo Share: School performance, Japan
Posted by The.IRC on January 16th, 2012
Children practice for a student performance at Karakuwa elementary school in the tsunami-wrecked town of Kesennuma, Japan. The IRC and our partner Peace Winds Japan have helped to furnish the school. more »
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Marking the second anniversary of the earthquake
Posted by The.IRC on January 12th, 2012
The IRC hosted a panel discussion today in Miami to mark the second anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti that killed more than 200,000 people and devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince. more »
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The IRC in Haiti today
Posted by The.IRC on January 11th, 2012
Two years after a devastating earthquake, more than 500,000 Haitians remain in crowded camps and settlements as their country slowly rebuilds. Their living conditions are deteriorating as funding for vital services dwindles. more »
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This Week's Voices: Worried about Japan
Posted by The.IRC on January 6th, 2012
The IRC's Shinko Tana on focusing attention on overlooked communities in Japan that are trying to recover from the March 2011 tsunami ... plus other notable quotes touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
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How IRC supporters helped rescue 7-month-old Minhaj Farah
Posted by The.IRC on December 28th, 2011
“His mother never thought he would recover,” said the IRC nurse-nutritionist who monitored infant Minhaj Gedi Farah’s extraordinary recovery from life-threatening malnourishment, anemia, and tuberculosis. more »
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2011: Drought and famine in the Horn of Africa
Posted by George.Rupp on December 26th, 2011
The IRC strives to meet the challenges of new and ongoing humanitarian crises in our increasingly restive world. Each day this week, I will share an example of the extraordinary assistance that IRC supporters helped us to deliver in 2011. First, an update on the Horn of Africa crisis. more »
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Photo Share: Starting over with seedlings
Posted by Ned Colt on December 16th, 2011
Farmers who lost their rice crops in the record floods of 2010, transplant seedlings from an IRC paddy to be replanted in their own fields. more »
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From Jencarlos Canela, with the IRC in Haiti
Posted by The.IRC on December 6th, 2011
IRC Voice Jencarlos Canela talks about an IRC-run “child-friendly space” he visited yesterday in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The IRC makes sure young earthquake survivors have safe places where they can play, learn and heal. more »
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Feeding hope
Posted by Jane Yang on December 6th, 2011
The Logiels, like many families in remote Turkana, Kenya, have been suffering through the worst drought to hit East Africa in six decades. Read about how the IRC helped save their three-year-old daughter's life. more »
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Springing into action
Posted by George.Rupp on December 2nd, 2011
When the water dries up, when the floods come, when the militants pillage, the IRC is hard at work doing what we do best -- saving lives. Right now, we have an extraordinary opportunity. Special friends of the IRC will match your online donation dollar for dollar -- up to $1.54 million -- through December 31. more »
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