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A ray of hope for Pakistan's displaced children
Posted by Ned Colt on May 10th, 2012
More than 5,000 children displaced by fighting along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan are finding support and stability in schools run by the IRC. more »
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Photo Share: Matriarch, Pakistan
Posted by The.IRC on May 9th, 2012
A beautiful portrait shared by the IRC's Ned Colt in Pakistan: The matriarch of this family figures her age to be 100, but says she can only guess. She's slowed down over the years, but helps care for her great-grandchildren. more »
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The IRC helps support thousands of Pakistanis fleeing renewed border clashes
Posted by Ned Colt on May 4th, 2012
The IRC has been registering tens of thousands of Pakistanis who’ve fled renewed fighting between Pakistani troops and militants near the Afghan border. In all, close to a half million people have passed through the Jalozai camp since January, registering to ensure they receive vital humanitarian aid. more »
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Photo Share: New water pump, Pakistan
Posted by Ned Colt on March 22nd, 2012
Villagers in southern Pakistan install a new pump the IRC supplied after the community's water sources were contaminated during 2010's record floods. more »
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Photo Share: Weighing a baby
Posted by Ned Colt on January 9th, 2012
An IRC doctor weighs a baby as part of a drive against child malnutrition in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The IRC provides health care to thousands of rural villagers who otherwise wouldn't receive it. more »
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Photo Share: In Pakistan, smiles on farmers' faces
Posted by Ned Colt on December 19th, 2011
Farmers hold up IRC coupons entitling them to fertilizer and rice seed. The smiles on the farmers' faces underscore how important the seed is to them. Many of them lost their entire crop in the floods of 2010. 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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Restoring flood-damaged schools in Pakistan
Posted by Ned Colt on December 5th, 2011
During this past summer, the IRC rehabilitated nine schools in northern Pakistan that were damaged or destroyed in the record flooding of 2010. more »
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Photo Share: Rebuilding after the floods
Posted by Ned Colt on November 19th, 2011
Farmers in Sindh, Pakistan who lost their livelihoods to devastating floods last year rebuild a damaged culvert that brings water to their rice paddies. more »
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Helping Pakistan's flood-afflicted families -- one goat at a time
Posted by Pi James - IRC on August 31st, 2011
It's hard to place a value on a goat in a place like Sindh, but it's no surprise that at a recent distribution of thousands of goats, thousands of flood-affected families waited patiently in line. Residents of the Pakistani province are still recovering from last year's devastating floods, which killed livestock and wiped out crops. I was in Sindh recently, for one of the distributions. more »
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