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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
May 22, 2013
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Less than 10 yrs after fleeing Somalia, Amal Kahim Jama & her family became refugees again, in Syria: t.co/wZkmKWqy00 via @AJEnglish
May 22, 2013
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@IRCPress You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Crisis in Darfur, 10 Years On" t.co/guLOti8F02
May 21, 2013
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RT @IRCPress: Race against time to aid new #Darfur #refugees in Chad before rains begin: t.co/z6eDBFeR1I
May 21, 2013
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Refugee Camps
Posted by Jane Yang on April 12th, 2012
The son of subsistence farmers from southern Somalia, Ahmed Hassan Osman is pursuing his dream of becoming a doctor while he works with the IRC to help other Somali refugees in Kenya. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Humanitarian Aid, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: aid workers, drought, health, refugee camps, Dadaab refugee camps, Somali refugees, nutrition |
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on March 16th, 2012
On a recent visit to a Thai refugee camp, IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies discovered that, for a refugee, growing your own food can be much more than just a means of accessing vital nutrition. more »
Posted in Resettlement, Food, Women, New Roots, Asia, Thailand | Tags: new roots, refugee camps, urban farming, IRC Voices, Sarah Wayne Callies in Thailand |
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on March 2nd, 2012
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies has just returned from visiting Thai camps on the border with Myanmar, also known as Burma, where the International Rescue Committee assists Burmese refugees who have fled conflict and economic hardship at home. more »
Posted in Health, Mothers, Asia, Thailand | Tags: Burmese refugees, health, refugee camps, humanitarian aid, IRC Voices, Sarah Wayne Callies, maternal health, Sarah Wayne Callies in Thailand | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on November 1st, 2011
Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees live in Thailand and Malaysia. Many live in refugee camps along the Thailand-Myanmar border. The IRC provides the camps with healthcare, water and other services. more »
Posted in Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, refugee camps, resettlement, humanitarian aid, Photo of the Day |
Posted by Lobna Hadi - IRC on September 22nd, 2011
I wake up and get out of the blue mosquito net—no breakfast for me as it’s Ramadan—then make my way to one of the camp’s reception center, the first contact point for new arrivals. Hundreds of Somalis are already waiting to be processed and receive basic supplies. They have been walking for days, while fasting, to reach this destination. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: drought, refugee camps, natural disasters, Dadaab refugee camps, humanitarian aid, famine |
Posted by The.IRC on September 21st, 2011
Dadaab is a sprawling complex comprising five refugee camps in northeastern Kenya: Dagahaley, Ifo, and Hagadera (where the IRC works) -- plus two new camps, Kambioos and Ifo Extension. Recently, the IRC started providing health care in Kambioos, setting up a clinic in temporary tents. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, refugee camps, natural disasters, Dadaab refugee camps, humanitarian aid |
Posted by The.IRC on September 7th, 2011
Sarah Costa, executive director of IRC affiliate Women's Refugee Commission, discusses why it's time to put the lives and safety of women and girls who are fleeing the drought in Somalia at the top of the humanitarian agenda. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, drought, refugee camps, Women's Refugee Commission, natural disasters, Dadaab refugee camps, women, famine, Somalia Refugees |
Posted by Sue Dwyer - IRC on September 2nd, 2011
Last week, I wrote about the heart-wrenching generosity of Somali refugees in Dadaab, Kenya who are giving of what little they have to help newly arrived families in need. Today I want to pay tribute to the personal sacrifices of my IRC colleagues in Dadaab -- truly an outstanding group of nurses, nutritionists, doctors, social workers, and field office and logistics specialists. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, drought, refugee camps, Kenya, natural disasters, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid | 1 Comments
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on July 21st, 2011
When Abdallah Ibrahim Jare, his wife Ishan and their four young children set out on foot on the 25-day trek from their home in Somalia to Kenya, Abdallah had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead of him. Fifteen days into their journey, 30-year-old Ishan died. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: drought, hunger, malnutrition, refugee camps, news, Kenya, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, famine, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim | 1 Comments
Posted by Milka Choge on July 20th, 2011
Habiba, 29, told me her family was forced to leave because of the insecurity in Somalia and because they had lost livestock they depended on for income to the ongoing drought. In January they had 40 goats but by the end of June only 10 remained. They sold half of them on the way to Dadaab in exchange for money to buy food. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, drought, health, refugee camps, Kenya, Somalia, Dadaab refugee camps, humanitarian aid |
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