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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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Urban Refugees
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 28th, 2010
A new report by the IRC, Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) and Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) says that tens of thousands of urban refugees in Kenya face regular harassment, discrimination and poverty. more »
Posted in Protection, Kenya | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Nairobi, urban refugees, human rights | 1 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 23rd, 2010
"It’s not fun being a stranger and no money and in a foreign country where you don’t know anybody. So I found out about IRC, and I went to them, and I told them my story and they were so helpful." - Mary Page more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - San Diego, CA | Tags: refugees, resettlement, urban refugees |
Posted by joanne.offer on February 22nd, 2010
The word ‘refugee’ brings to mind images of sprawling camps, with rows of white tents reaching out to the skyline. Yet the reality is that 1 in 2 refugees now live in an urban setting. Take Nairobi, the bustling capital city of Kenya, for example. It’s now home to tens of thousands of refugees. more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Kenya | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Nairobi, urban refugees, photos |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on February 10th, 2010
Today was a day of firsts for two Burmese refugees resettled by the International Rescue Committee in New York — including their first sight of real snow. The New York Times told their story on its City Room blog more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, resettlement, urban refugees |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 25th, 2009
YouTuber extraordinaire LisaNova recently visited an IRC garden in San Diego where refugees uprooted from 8 countries are working together to create something new. She shared this video she made about their first harvest. more »
Posted in US - San Diego, CA | Tags: refugees, video, humanitarian, LisaNova, urban refugees, food, agriculture | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on October 23rd, 2009
The students at the IRC's Refugee Youth Summer Academy in NYC had an amazing, creative summer thanks to World Up. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, video, NYC, teens, urban refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on July 21st, 2009
Posted in Resettlement, Nepal | Tags: refugees, Bhutan, Misha Cohen, NYC, resettlement, urban refugees, photos | 9 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on July 6th, 2009
Posted in Resettlement, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, Bhutan, Misha Cohen, NYC, resettlement, urban refugees, Nepal, photos | 3 Comments
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