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Posted by melissa.winkler on August 23rd, 2011
Tamam, an IRC health manager in Chad, sent on these images of a recent sandstorm that hit Bahai -- a desert outpost where we aid refugees from Darfur. They really show the remote and extreme conditions in which IRC staff sometimes work in order to bring humanitarian aid to people who need it the most. more »
Posted in Darfur Refugees, Africa, Chad | Tags: Bahai, photos, Darfur, Chad, humanitarian aid, Darfuri refugees |
Posted by George.Rupp on March 16th, 2011
I have been spending the last few days visiting refugee camps in northern Ethiopia with my wife Nancy, IRC board member Allen Moore, and the IRC’s country director in Ethiopia, David Murphy. It is very important for me to come to the field and I try as often as I can to visit programs both internationally and in the United States. more »
Posted in Ethiopia | Tags: children, refugees, Ethiopia, Shimelba, aid workers, George Rupp, humanitarian, refugee camps, water, photos, women, Eritrean refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on December 9th, 2010
The Women’s Refugee Commission traveled to Kenya’s Kakuma and Dadaab camps this summer. There they spoke with refugee women who risk being attacked when they leave the camps to collect firewood to cook food rations for their families. more »
Posted in Women, Kenya | Tags: refugees, firewood, refugee camps, Women's Refugee Commission, photos, conflict, women, fuel |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 6th, 2010
IRC communications officer Susana Ferreira has been out with IRC teams in Port-au-Prince today, surveying damage from Hurricane Tomas and speaking with homeless earthquake survivors who rode out the storm in some of the city's fragile tent settlements. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: humanitarian, photos, Susana Ferreira, Hurricane Tomas |
Posted by Misha Cohen on November 4th, 2010
Photographer and IRC volunteer Misha Cohen has been telling the story of the Bhutanese Timsina family’s first months in the U.S. in pictures. Misha's newest photo essay chronicles the celebration of Diwali, a Hindu holiday. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, bhutanese refugees, humanitarian, New York City, urban refugees, photos, Timsina family, Diwali |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 3rd, 2010
The unsanitary conditions in Port-au-Prince's tent settlements and slums are ripe for the spread of cholera. The IRC's Susana Ferreira shared these photos of our environmental health team treating water in camps where people don't have a safe supply. more »
Posted by The.IRC on September 24th, 2010
“Sudan is a difficult place to raise a family, says photojournalist Christopher Scott. “But the people exhibit an intense determination and pride." See a slideshow of photos Christopher took last year when he traveled throughout Southern Sudan as a volunteer to document the IRC's work. more »
Posted in Post conflict, South Sudan | Tags: Southern Sudan, photos, Sudan |
Posted by Peter.Biro on August 25th, 2010
One year ago the Pakistani military launched an offensive to drive Taliban militants from Pakistan’s Swat Valley. More than two million people fled the fighting, provoking a massive humanitarian crisis. Now, the worst floods in Pakistan’s history have created even greater destruction and displacement. more »
Posted in Pakistan Floods, Pakistan | Tags: emergency, humanitarian, rescue, Swat, photos, Pakistan flooding, natural disasters, conflict | 6 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 28th, 2010
Hurricane season blows into Haiti in June, following months of drenching spring rains. "We’re going to see flooding, we’re going to see landslides," says the IRC's Catherine Jones. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Haiti | Tags: humanitarian, photos, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 30th, 2010
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, anna husarska, humanitarian |
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