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@IRCPress You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Crisis in Darfur, 10 Years On" t.co/guLOti8F02
May 21, 2013
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RT @IRCPress: Race against time to aid new #Darfur #refugees in Chad before rains begin: t.co/z6eDBFeR1I
May 21, 2013
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RT @MoveEndViolence: Why do we need a #movement to end #VAWG? #MovementMaker Heidi Lehmann of @theIRC on the blog. t.co/H74c80BdAs
May 20, 2013
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@Doylech @oneworldadopt @Just_Naomi_chan @socialfund @AFRIpads @tamaraduker @lynndalsing @HuTerra @scribblymouse thanks for your support!
May 20, 2013
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RT @IRCuk: Thanks @LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall for an excellent concert & for supporting our work w. Syrian refugees #TheAsfar…
May 20, 2013
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Posted by The.IRC on March 20th, 2012
A little greenery in honor of this first day of spring: A gardener tends to his crops at the New Roots Community Farm run by the IRC in San Diego, CA. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States, US - San Diego, CA | Tags: refugees, new roots, resettlement, commmunity gardens | 1 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on March 16th, 2012
On a recent visit to a Thai refugee camp, IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies discovered that, for a refugee, growing your own food can be much more than just a means of accessing vital nutrition. more »
Posted in Resettlement, Food, Women, New Roots, Asia, Thailand | Tags: new roots, refugee camps, urban farming, IRC Voices, Sarah Wayne Callies in Thailand |
Posted by The.IRC on March 9th, 2012
Ryan Linstrom works with the IRC in San Diego, helping refugees market their small businesses. The tables were turned one day last month when Ryan found himself stranded after work and two of his refugee clients came to his aid. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - San Diego, CA | Tags: refugees, resettlement, microenterprise, refugee businesses | 2 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 14th, 2012
As she prepares to visit camps in Thailand where Burmese refugees have been living in limbo for two decades, IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies reflects on the hopes and dreams shared by refugees and Americans alike. more »
Posted in Resettlement, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, resettlement, IRC Voices, Sarah Wayne Callies, SWC_Thailand | 4 Comments
Posted by Sarah Wayne Callies on February 9th, 2012
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies is preparing to travel to Thailand later this month to visit camps where the IRC assists Burmese refugees who have fled political upheaval at home. She reflects on her experience last summer as a volunteer mentor for one Burmese family in Atlanta. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, Karen, resettlement, volunteers, IRC Voices, Sarah Wayne Callies, SWC_Thailand | 5 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on February 3rd, 2012
Big congratulations to Romeo Diahn: The 22-year-old from Liberia — who fled a bloody civil war, endured life in a refugee camp, and then started over in Oregon— is now on his way to Hollywood and the next stage of the American Idol competition. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, Liberian refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on January 31st, 2012
An NPR report that quotes the IRC's Bob Carey focuses on a Rwandan refugee and her two young daughters to cast a wider lens on the challenges refugees are facing in this tough economy. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - Boise, ID | Tags: refugees, resettlement, news, Rwandan refugees |
Posted by The.IRC on January 27th, 2012
This afternoon Brooke Hauser, author of “The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens,” visited our New York headquarters for a discussion about the challenges young refugees must overcome in their new lives in America. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: youth, refugees, education, what we're reading, The New Kids, Brooke Hauser, James Lenton |
Posted by The.IRC on January 26th, 2012
How the town of Nacogdoches, Texas, embodies the IRC’s belief that refugees can translate their skills and experiences into valuable assets that contribute to their new communities. more »
Posted in Resettlement | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, resettlement |
Posted by zaineb_irc on January 17th, 2012
My younger brother Ahmed was killed because he loved Iraq and wanted to work for peace. Ahmed was a top student at Baghdad University, where he majored in English and was studying to be an interpreter. more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Middle East, United States, US - Silver Spring, MD, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, Iraq war, resettlement, conflict, humanitarian aid | 13 Comments
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