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A woman awaits a checkup at an IRC clinic inside #Syria. t.co/KYCuHf1zWA Photo: Peter Biro/IRC t.co/qptp52tHvi
May 23, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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Thanks to your support, we made @Klout's list of the world's most influential NGOs on social media: t.co/Abc4bTjEY0 #KloutPulse
May 23, 2013
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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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Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 13th, 2013
I have been anticipating and dreading the Domiz camp women’s meeting for weeks. It was from Domiz camp that I heard the reports of sexual violence I wrote about in my first blog. Two days ago we finally sat down to talk together. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Women, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Sexual Violence, women, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis, Kurdish refugees, sarahwaynecallies_syria | 5 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on February 13th, 2013
Few organizations bring hope to more people, in more places, facing life-altering upheaval, than the IRC. Be with us in 2013. A generous donor will donate $10,000 if 70 people give monthly by Feb. 28! more »
Tags: refugees, how to help, humanitarian aid, Rescue Partners |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on February 11th, 2013
Working in rocky and arid terrain on the border with Somalia, IRC teams in Ethiopia constructed two permanent water systems for remote camps that are home to tens of thousands of Somali refugees. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: refugees, refugee camps, water, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, Dolo Ado | 9 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 8th, 2013
Darfur got George Clooney. Haiti got Sean Penn. Cambodia got Angelina Jolie. The Syrian Kurds got me, Sarah Wayne Callies. That is the simplest and most direct metric I know to convey how bad it is for them right now. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Iraq | Tags: refugees, refugee camps, conflict, humanitarian aid, IRC Voices, Syrian refugees, sarahwaynecallies_syria, Domiz | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on February 6th, 2013
A year ago, the IRC and DC Entertainment joined forces to combat the effects of a devastating drought in East Africa through the We Can Be Heroes campaign. Thanks to your support, the campaign has had a wide-ranging impact. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, drought, health, malnutrition, water, poverty, humanitarian aid, famine, Horn of Africa, We Can Be Heroes |
Posted by The.IRC on February 5th, 2013
"Our city was under attack and we were afraid our children would be injured or killed, so all my family and relatives fled — 48 people. We took cars, buses and vans. It took 23 days to travel the 200 miles to Jordan’s border." more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: refugees, urban refugees, conflict, quoted, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on February 4th, 2013
70% of Syrian refugees who have fled their country's civil war live outside of refugee camps. They struggle to buy food, water, fuel and clothing. Aid must be scaled up for urban refugees to help them survive. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, urban refugees, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis, infographic |
Posted by The.IRC on January 30th, 2013
This infographic from the IRC's recent report on the crisis in Syria shows the vast numbers of Syrians who are displaced within the country or who were forced to flee to neighboring countries to escape the ongoing violence. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis, map |
Posted by The.IRC on January 30th, 2013
Thank you to everyone who sent a letter through our website, urging the Obama administration to ensure that sufficient U.S. funds go toward protecting Syrian women and girls. Your voice was heard. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Syria Crisis, Syria, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, Sexual Violence, un, women, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on January 29th, 2013
"While the international news agenda is dominated by stories about the fighting and conjecture on when President Bashar al-Assad will fall, what has often been overlooked is the condition of those Syrian civilians struggling to survive." more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, IRC-UK, urban refugees, conflict, quoted, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
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