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"They are not allowed to be children"
Posted by Peter.Biro on November 8th, 2011
The IRC's Peter Aturia explains the importance of education to parents in a rural area of Uganda where children are often the breadwinners of the family. The IRC enrolls kids in safe schools with well-trained teachers more »
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Quoted: A family tradition
Posted by The.IRC on October 6th, 2011
Tom and Sandy Ehlers began supporting the IRC in 1979. “Tom and I talked about the IRC on our very first date” explains Sandy. “I told Tom that I had been in Hong Kong in the summer of 1962 and watched thousands of refugees fleeing China into the city. Tom responded by telling me about the IRC.” more »
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Quoted: Hopes and dreams in South Sudan
Posted by The.IRC on September 20th, 2011
"I’m very pleased about our independence. My future hopes and dreams are that I want my children to be educated. I’d like them to have a plot of land -- and one day I hope that Patricia will even become the President as well as get married!" more »
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Quoted: "The crisis is not over" in Horn of Africa
Posted by The.IRC on August 30th, 2011
Listen to NPR foreign correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton's report from Dadaab camp in Kenya, where the IRC runs programs to aid refugees fleeing conflict and drought in Somalia. more »
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Quoted: Iraq eight years later -- a legacy of shattered lives
Posted by The.IRC on May 5th, 2011
On a recent trip to Iraq, the IRC’s Kate Phillips-Barrasso was struck by how little had changed in the last few years for those forced to flee for their lives. She argues that the political will must be found to prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable Iraqis before U.S. forces depart. more »
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Quoted: Military-led aid projects doomed to fail in Afghanistan
Posted by The.IRC on January 28th, 2011
Commenting on a Washington Post story, the IRC’s Michael Kocher writes in a letter to the editor,"Military-led projects erode established humanitarian principles of impartiality and independence, fail to win hearts and minds and -- we now know -- are ineffective." more »
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Quoted: On the Liberia-Ivory Coast border, "we have to be prepared for the worst"
Posted by The.IRC on January 21st, 2011
“We don’t know how long the crisis will last,” says Dr. Folaranmi Ogunbowale, who oversees the IRC’s emergency health care response on the Liberia-Ivory Coast border. “But given the volatile history of this region, we have to be prepared for the worst.” more »
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Quoted: Southern Sudan's shaky future
Posted by The.IRC on January 6th, 2011
Southern Sudan, emerging from 20 years of civil war that cost 2 million lives, is one of the least developed regions in the world, and yet it is likely to become the newest country on the planet. more »
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Quoted: “We can’t get back all that we lost"
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 »
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Quoted: "I am a new human being"
Posted by The.IRC on October 8th, 2010
When she arrived in the United States last month, Baghdad native Raeda Fatoohi became the 20,000th refugee to be welcomed by the IRC office in Atlanta. Raeda recently spoke with WABE radio for a story that also featured IRC executive director Ellen Beattie. more »
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