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May 24, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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Water
Posted by The.IRC on March 22nd, 2013
Watch the stories of Fozia Ahmed Karshe and Hawa Ali Ibrahim; they are linchpins of their community, teaching people how to keep their water clean, and managing the water points within the displaced persons camp they live in. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Somalia | Tags: drought, water |
Posted by The.IRC on March 22nd, 2013
Today is World Water Day. It’s an opportunity to spotlight the fact that many women and girls in crisis zones worldwide must trek miles every day just to reach clean water. In Ethiopia, Abdiya Abdi Mohamud remembers what life was like before an IRC-built water system reached her village. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: water, World Water Day |
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on February 11th, 2013
Working in rocky and arid terrain on the border with Somalia, IRC teams in Ethiopia constructed two permanent water systems for remote camps that are home to tens of thousands of Somali refugees. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: refugees, refugee camps, water, Somali refugees, humanitarian aid, Dolo Ado | 9 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on February 6th, 2013
A year ago, the IRC and DC Entertainment joined forces to combat the effects of a devastating drought in East Africa through the We Can Be Heroes campaign. Thanks to your support, the campaign has had a wide-ranging impact. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, drought, health, malnutrition, water, poverty, humanitarian aid, famine, Horn of Africa, We Can Be Heroes |
Posted by The.IRC on December 23rd, 2012
The IRC's Ned Colt shares this photo of a boy drawing water from a well in Herat, Afghanistan. Less than half of all Afghans have access to safe drinking water. The IRC is providing clean water to rural communities where residents have had to drink water from contaminated puddles and streams.. more »
Posted in Health, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: health, water |
Posted by Ned Colt on December 14th, 2012
Only 12% of Afghans in rural areas have access to clean water: Many are forced to drink water from contaminated puddles and streams. The IRC is building wells, pipelines and reservoirs and training residents to make repairs. more »
Posted in Health, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: refugees, health, water, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Sharon.Waxman on October 23rd, 2012
Irrigation engineer Abdi Hassen arrived in Baltimore in May after fleeing political oppression in Ethiopia. Today, he's drawing on the farming traditions he grew up with and setting down new roots in a community garden run by the IRC. more »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States, US - Baltimore, MD | Tags: refugees, new roots, resettlement, urban refugees, water, Ethiopian refugees, urban gardening |
Posted by Ned Colt on October 9th, 2012
In Kyrgyzstan, IRC engineer Aigul Alimbekova and her colleagues are helping to rebuild communities that were ravaged by four days of deadly ethnic riots in 2010. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Kyrgyzstan | Tags: sanitation, water, humanitarian aid |
Posted by melissa.winkler on September 28th, 2012
In crisis zones where the IRC provides aid, millions of women and girls have witnessed extreme violence, suffered immeasurable loss, endured the chaos of displacement and experienced unimaginable abuse and brutality. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Protection, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: Sexual Violence, water, women, Half the Sky | 2 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 26th, 2012
As rain continued to fall on Haiti last night in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaac, we caught up with the IRC's country director there about the most urgent needs and the IRC's emergency response. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Haiti | Tags: emergency relief, Malaria, water, cholera, humanitarian aid, shelter, Tropical Storm Isaac, help Haiti | 1 Comments
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