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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
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South Sudan
Posted by The.IRC on October 18th, 2010
Alan Paul, the IRC’s deputy director of programs in Southern Sudan, says that the referendum is the single most important event in Africa in 2011. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: development, humanitarian, Southern Sudan, Sudan referendum |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on October 12th, 2010
It is the rainy season in Southern Sudan. The annual floods don’t make life any easier in an area already struggling to recover from decades of civil war. But this year, the flooding was unusually severe. I recently had a chance to travel with an IRC mobile clinic team and speak with families who have been displaced by the floods. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: Malaria, Southern Sudan, natural disasters |
Posted by The.IRC on September 24th, 2010
“Sudan is a difficult place to raise a family, says photojournalist Christopher Scott. “But the people exhibit an intense determination and pride." See a slideshow of photos Christopher took last year when he traveled throughout Southern Sudan as a volunteer to document the IRC's work. more »
Posted in Post conflict, South Sudan | Tags: Southern Sudan, photos, Sudan |
Posted by The.IRC on September 24th, 2010
Southern Sudan is being built up virtually from scratch and it needs the support of the rest of the world, says the IRC's Sudan country director Susan Purdin. The IRC and four other aid agencies have urged world leaders at today’s Sudan summit to take concrete action to help. more »
Posted in South Sudan | Tags: Southern Sudan, quoted, Sudan, Sudan summit |
Posted by The.IRC on December 9th, 2009
Angelina was 16 years old when her mother told her that she would have to get married. She had already agreed on a husband for her daughter, a man in the village. Angelina didn’t know this man, but he owned a lot of cows — cows that her family needed for their livelihood. more »
Posted in Women, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, 16 Days, 16 Days against Gender Violence, humanitarian, South Sudan |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on June 3rd, 2009
Posted in Health, Darfur Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, South Sudan |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on June 2nd, 2009
IRC president George Rupp analyzes the situation in Darfur and Sudan's expulsion of humanitarian aid groups in this interview with BigThink. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, video, George Rupp, humanitarian, Darfur, conflict |
Posted by The.IRC on May 18th, 2009
According to Shannon Meehan, the IRC’s Brussels-based director of advocacy, it’s easier to effect change than most people think. The smallest gift or effort goes a long way toward saving lives. more »
Posted in Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: charity, refugees, video, humanitarian, nonprofit careers, Women's Rights, conflict |
Posted by The.IRC on April 28th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, video, Glenn Close, humanitarian, Mother's Day, South Sudan |
Posted by tim.lash on April 22nd, 2009
Thanks to all of you who signed the IRC Petition to Keep Humanitarian Aid in Sudan. Amazingly, more than 28,000 people from around the world added their names during the petition drive from March 4 to April 6. Together we protested the Government of Sudan’s decision to close lifesaving aid programs in Darfur. more »
Posted in Darfur Refugees, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, un, Darfur, conflict | 5 Comments
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