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Video: "Soccer Day" in Dallas
Posted by The.IRC on November 23rd, 2010
Watch video from the Dallas Morning News about a soccer camp for refugee youth that took place on Saturday afternoon. "Soccer Day" is a partnership between the IRC and a local group affiliated with SMU University called "Dream Big Soccer." more »
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Jimmy's journey
Posted by Vanessa.Pirandello on November 9th, 2010
In his 30-year career at the IRC, New York-based employment specialist Jimmy Lu has helped more than 4,000 refugees from Kosovo, Myanmar, Bhutan, Tibet, Iraq and West Africa find work, even in the toughest job markets. His New York US Programs office colleague Vanessa Pirandello tells his story. more »
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Celebrating traditional customs in a new land
Posted by Misha Cohen on November 4th, 2010
Photographer and IRC volunteer Misha Cohen has been telling the story of the Bhutanese Timsina family’s first months in the U.S. in pictures. Misha's newest photo essay chronicles the celebration of Diwali, a Hindu holiday. more »
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Counting on hope
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on October 29th, 2010
Every day my IRC colleagues and I deal with numbers -- big numbers, small numbers, sobering numbers – numbers that add to the sum total of human suffering. But no matter how grim the statistics from the crisis zones where we work, there are other numbers that add up to one thing: hope. more »
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Quoted: Affordable housing for refugees in Utah
Posted by The.IRC on October 21st, 2010
Patrick Poulin, executive director of the IRC's Salt Lake City US Programs office, comments on the construction of affordable housing for refugees, the homeless and low-income Utahans in Salt Lake City. more »
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Quoted: "I am a new human being"
Posted by The.IRC on October 8th, 2010
When she arrived in the United States last month, Baghdad native Raeda Fatoohi became the 20,000th refugee to be welcomed by the IRC office in Atlanta. Raeda recently spoke with WABE radio for a story that also featured IRC executive director Ellen Beattie. more »
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Noted: One in 8 million stories
Posted by The.IRC on September 29th, 2010
You might remember the One in 8 Million piece which ran last summer in the New York Times about Bhutanese refugee, Tika Chapagai, and his wife Chandra. Well, the series, as a whole, won an Emmy on Monday night. more »
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Family origins
Posted by The.IRC on September 2nd, 2010
Fleeing persecution, her refugee Ethiopian family was resettled 20 years ago in Georgia by the IRC. Today Naima Abdullahi, an employment specialist with the IRC’s Atlanta office, wants to be sure her American born son Teso, 12, understands his family’s origins. more »
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Quoted: Elderly and disabled refugees may lose financial aid
Posted by The.IRC on September 2nd, 2010
Problematic changes in the Supplemental Social Security Income program may cut off the incomes of vulnerable refugees. The IRC’s Bob Carey says the changes run “counter to the humanitarian principles” on which the U.S. accepted the refugees. more »
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Hurricane Katrina, 2005: A refugee helps America's displaced
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on September 2nd, 2010
Elhamija Kadic fled war and persecution in Bosnia in 1992 and came to the United States with the help of the IRC. Today she works for the IRC in Atlanta helping other refugees from war-torn countries. When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, she helped coordinate the IRC's response. She spoke with me last week about that experience. more »
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