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This Week's Voices: Worried about Japan
Posted by The.IRC on January 6th, 2012
The IRC's Shinko Tana on focusing attention on overlooked communities in Japan that are trying to recover from the March 2011 tsunami ... plus other notable quotes touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
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"Disability is not inability"
Posted by Jane Yang on January 6th, 2012
“I stepped on a land mine,” 36-year-old John Ngarben told me matter-of-factly. It was June 3, 1993, and he had been hunting in the Sudanese bush for food. Today John is working with the IRC in Kakuma camp in Kenya, helping other refugees living with disabilities. more »
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Helping Ayan get better
Posted by Jane Yang on January 5th, 2012
Six-year-old Ayan, who has cerebral palsy, is one of dozens of young refugees with disabilities who are making good progress at the IRC's pediatric occupational therapy center in Kakuma, Kenya. more »
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Happy New Year and Thank You
Posted by The.IRC on January 4th, 2012
Thanks to thousands of IRC donors, we surpassed our matching gift goal and raised more than $1.9 million to help refugees and others uprooted from their homes by conflict and disaster. more »
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In Kenya, hope for people living with disabilities
Posted by Jane Yang on January 4th, 2012
Dario Waodiond lost the use of both his legs to polio at age 3. Today, he gets around via a hand-powered tricycle provided by the IRC and works as a medical assistant at an IRC hospital. more »
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Noted: An unfamiliar land
Posted by The.IRC on January 3rd, 2012
In the Washington Post: Bhutanese refugees both young and old navigate the ups and downs of acclimating to an unfamiliar new land. more »
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Quoted: “If I were in Somalia..."
Posted by The.IRC on January 2nd, 2012
Sophia Abdi, a 32-year-old mother of three, on expecting her fourth child at a clinic run by the IRC in the Dadaab refugee camp complex in northwestern Kenya. more »
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A year of rescue
Posted by The.IRC on December 31st, 2011
In the weeks, months, and years that follow an outbreak of violence or natural disaster, the IRC’s 11,000 dedicated aid workers provide rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, restores dignity, and jumpstarts recovery. more »
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This Week's Voices: "When she saw her own shadow for the first time..."
Posted by The.IRC on December 30th, 2011
The IRC's blindness prevention coordinator in Ethiopia on the surgery that helped a little girl see for the first time — plus, other notable quotes touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
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The crisis left behind in Iraq
Posted by The.IRC on December 29th, 2011
Critical U.S. programs that give sanctuary to Iraqis who are in danger because they worked for the U.S. military are mired in bureaucratic delays. Meanwhile, millions of internally displaced Iraqis languish in urban slums and squatter settlements, growing increasingly destitute. more »
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