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Posted by The.IRC on June 19th, 2013
Working with the IRC, photographer Andrew McConnell spent many months documenting the lives of refugees in eight cities across four continents: "Hidden Lives: The Untold Story of Urban Refugees," goes on public view in New York City on June 21. more »
Posted in Urban Refugees | Tags: refugees, World Refugee Day, Hidden Lives, Panos Pictures, Andrew McConnell |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on June 14th, 2013
I first met Abdallah Ibrahim Yare in Dadaab complex, home to 500,000 refugees, two years ago at the height of the famine in Somalia. He and his family, along with thousands of others, had trekked for days to Kenya in search of food and safety. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, hunger, malnutrition, Somali refugees, Dadaab, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim |
Posted by The.IRC on June 13th, 2013
On June 20, 2013 the IRC will join the United Nations in its annual salute to the courage of refugees, World Refugee Day. IRC offices around the world are marking World Refugee Day with a variety of events throughout the month of June. more »
Posted in Resettlement | Tags: refugees, World Refugee Day |
Posted by The.IRC on June 13th, 2013
After more than two years of civil war in Syria, a humanitarian disaster is gripping the Middle East. Over four million Syrians are now in dire need of assistance. On June 11, the IRC hosted a phone briefing on the Syria crisis and our response. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, aid workers, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on June 12th, 2013
Approximately 50,000 people have fled renewed violence in Darfur, Sudan since January, according to U.N. estimates, many crossing the border into eastern Chad. The IRC is working to meet their desperate need for clean water. more »
Posted by Ned Colt on June 12th, 2013
This week marks one year since the IRC opened two primary health care centers in the Jordanian border cities of Mafraq and Ramtha. In that single year, close to 22,000 Syrian refugees have received checkups, pre- and post- natal care, and prescriptions for free medicine from local pharmacies. more »
Posted in Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: refugees, health, urban refugees, conflict, Syrian refugees, Syria conflict |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on June 11th, 2013
The IRC in Kenya has been responding to a polio outbreak in the world’s largest refugee complex, Dadaab. The five camps in this sprawling complex house almost half a million refugees, mainly from Somalia. more »
Posted by Ned Colt on June 7th, 2013
At $5.2 billion, the total figure for Syria aid is staggering. It’s more than three times the size of the appeal for Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and more than four times the size of the 2004 South Asian tsunami appeal. Of the $5 billion? $2.98 billion is earmarked for Syrian refugees, while $1.4 billion is to pay for in-country aid work. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria | Tags: refugees, United Nations, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees |
Posted by Sharon.Waxman on June 7th, 2013
The IRC's Sharon Waxman on what the international community needs to do to get aid into Syria, how to best support refugees and countries hosting them to prevent escalation of tensions, and how to help refugees realize their rights. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, Advocacy, conflict, war, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on June 5th, 2013
The IRC's Mike Young says the scale of need dwarfs the supply of aid: "As fighting rages, refugees seek safety in ever greater numbers, stressing already depleted resources and the goodwill of the countries hosting them." more »
Posted in Advocacy, Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, Advocacy, conflict, war, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
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