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May 23, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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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 #…
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Resettlement
Posted by The.IRC on February 14th, 2011
When I see a refugee, regardless of where they came from, I see myself, so I have a very deep emotional attachment to the issues that affect refugees because my story is their story. And theirs is mine. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Los Angeles, CA | Tags: refugees, Ethiopia, humanitarian, resettlement, conflict, Eskinder Negash, Ethiopian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on February 14th, 2011
"I have never squeezed my husband in public before," says Bhutanese refugee Uma Timsina, standing on a pier in front of the Statue of Liberty with her husband Chet Nath. The couple were spending their first day off together in months in New York's Battery Park. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, resettlement, how to help, Valentine's Day, last-minute gift |
Posted by Desiree Collins on February 8th, 2011
I’ll never forget the day a group of Bhutanese women came into the office with dozens of plastic grocery store bags, all stuffed full and brimming with color. I remember wondering what all these bags were for. Recycling? more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Tucson, AZ | Tags: refugees, bhutanese refugees, humanitarian, resettlement, knitting, how to help, crafts | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on February 7th, 2011
We were on the boat for only seven days. We sailed into Hong Kong harbor at night. And it was one of the most beautiful sights I could ever see. It was much more foreign going from Hong Kong to Green Bay, Wisconsin! more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, resettlement, conflict, Vietnamese refugees, Trinh Doan |
Posted by The.IRC on January 31st, 2011
I believe that it is crucially important for an organization like the IRC to take care of people who fall through the cracks, and to reestablish some balance. My family and I were given the second chance. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, resettlement, conflict, Vietnamese refugees, Thong Nguyen |
Posted by Alexandra Brosnan on January 25th, 2011
The President’s annual State of the Union address is an especially pertinent time to reflect on the successes and challenges experienced by a special group of new Americans -- refugees. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, resettlement, Advocacy, State of the Union, State Department |
Posted by The.IRC on January 24th, 2011
We were taught never to be or feel victimized or feel inferior. Or to feel like we were wanting something though certainly we left a lot behind. My father left his business and we left our home. The important thing was our family was together and we were going to school and we were starting a new life. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Cuban refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on January 17th, 2011
The United States provides opportunity like no other country. The IRC is the mechanism that allows people who are homeless -— people who’ve lost their home for one reason or another -- to have a second chance at a new life. I’m very proud to be an American by choice. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, resettlement, Cuban refugees |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on January 12th, 2011
Baby Jenny Alexis was two months old when she was pulled alive from the rubble of her Port-au-Prince home four days after the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake. Thought to be orphaned, Jenny was evacuated to a Southern Florida medical center for urgent treatment. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Miami, FL, Haiti | Tags: children, Baby Jenny, humanitarian, resettlement, Haiti Earthquake, natural disasters |
Posted by The.IRC on January 10th, 2011
That was me and my family just walking along with so many other people, with whatever little we could carry and trying to go somewhere not knowing if it was going to be safe. Not knowing what’s ahead and trying to get to that safety and just hoping that it’s going to be okay. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, resettlement, Sudanese refugees, conflict, Sudan, Alek Wek | 1 Comments
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