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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
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Somali Refugees In Kenya
Posted by joanne.offer on August 17th, 2009
During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s seven-nation tour of Africa this month, Joanne Offer is telling the stories of Somali refugees who are facing hard times in an overcrowded camp in Kenya. more »
Posted in Somalia | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya | 2 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on August 12th, 2009
Mohamed Yusuf was beaten on the back of his knee by a soldier during his journey from Kismayo in Somalia to a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya “The soldier used the back of his gun against my knee and I’ve had problems walking ever since,” says Mohamed. more »
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, refugee camps, Somali refugees in Kenya, conflict | 2 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on August 11th, 2009
Mohamed is 15 and comes from Kismayo in Somalia. Dahir says: “My father died in the fighting – he wasn’t a soldier, our village was attacked. I also lost my mother during the civil war and I don’t know where she is." more »
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya, conflict | 2 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on August 7th, 2009
Eighteen-year-old Iftin Mohamed dropped out of school when she was just ten or eleven. (Although school is free, families say they have to provide materials like notebooks and pens.) Iftin now has a ten-month old daughter, Magal, who’s been struggling to get over an infection. more »
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, health, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya, conflict, mothers, nutrition |
Posted by joanne.offer on August 6th, 2009
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya |
Posted by joanne.offer on June 20th, 2009
The official statistics tell us that the population in Dadaab refugee camp has now exploded past 275,000. Even though I’ve seen this for myself, I find it hard to put such numbers into context, they are so unimaginably huge. The theme of this year’s World Refugee Day – real people, real needs – is therefore apt. more »
Posted in Health, Somalia | Tags: refugees, World Refugee Day, drought, humanitarian, hunger, refugee camps, Somali refugees in Kenya |
Posted by The.IRC on April 2nd, 2009
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, Huffington Post, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Kenya, refugee camps, Somali refugees in Kenya | 1 Comments
Posted by George.Rupp on February 9th, 2009
More than 244,000 Somali refugees have fled the ongoing violence and sought shelter in Dadaab in eastern Kenya, where the IRC launched health programs last month. I was therefore very interested in visiting the area during my trip to Kenya. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, George Rupp, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya | 2 Comments
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