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Refugee Camps

Photos: "You never know if you’ll come back safe"
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 »
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World AIDS Day: Fighting HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on December 1st, 2010
Today is World AIDS Day. In Kenya, where the IRC assists refugees and local communities, HIV/AIDS hasn't been acknowledged as a problem in rural areas such as Turkana. more »
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The daily struggle to cook a meal
Posted by The.IRC on November 11th, 2010
This summer I traveled to the Dadaab region in Kenya, where three refugee camps—among the largest in the world—host nearly 300,000 refugees. In the camps, I met refugee women who talked with me about their struggle to find enough firewood to cook for their families. more »
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The problem of "warehousing" refugees
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on April 8th, 2010
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Haiti: Sexual assaults "a serious problem"
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 27th, 2010
"Violence against women and girls was a serious problem in Haiti pre-disaster," says Heidi Lehmann, director of the IRC's Gender Based Violence Technical Unit. She spoke with VOA this week for a story about security enhancements prompted by an increase in sexual assaults in Haitian camps. more »
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Breaking News: H1N1 in refugee camps, Sumatra quake aid
Posted by The.IRC on October 7th, 2009
The IRC has put our emergency preparedness plan for Influenza A H1N1/A virus viral outbreak into action after 21 cases were confirmed in two large refugee camps in Kenya. more »
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A malnutrition crisis grips eastern Kenya
Posted by The.IRC on September 21st, 2009
Nothing quite prepared me for my first encounter with a severely malnourished child. On a recent visit to the Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya, an IRC doctor showed me into the Hagadera hospital, where the IRC treats malnourished children. more »
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Somali Refugees: Mohamed's Story
Posted by joanne.offer on August 12th, 2009
Mohamed Yusuf was beaten on the back of his knee by a soldier during his journey from Kismayo in Somalia to a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya “The soldier used the back of his gun against my knee and I’ve had problems walking ever since,” says Mohamed. more »
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World Refugee Day: Remembering the real people behind the statistics
Posted by joanne.offer on June 20th, 2009
The official statistics tell us that the population in Dadaab refugee camp has now exploded past 275,000. Even though I’ve seen this for myself, I find it hard to put such numbers into context, they are so unimaginably huge. The theme of this year’s World Refugee Day – real people, real needs – is therefore apt. more »
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Leaving behind a life in limbo [Photos]
Posted by The.IRC on April 2nd, 2009
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