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Posted by George.Rupp on March 16th, 2011
I have been spending the last few days visiting refugee camps in northern Ethiopia with my wife Nancy, IRC board member Allen Moore, and the IRC’s country director in Ethiopia, David Murphy. It is very important for me to come to the field and I try as often as I can to visit programs both internationally and in the United States. more »
Posted in Ethiopia | Tags: children, refugees, Ethiopia, Shimelba, aid workers, George Rupp, humanitarian, refugee camps, water, photos, women, Eritrean refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by Tatenda Gonye on March 11th, 2011
Yesterday I wrote about how a decade of economic troubles has eroded Zimbabwe's water and sanitation infrastructure, leaving its people vulnerable to cholera and other water borne illnesses. Today I'll describe how my IRC colleagues and I are working in eastern Zimbabwe to help restore community water systems and respond to outbreaks of disease. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Zimbabwe | Tags: aid worker blogs, health, humanitarian, hygiene, sanitation, water, cholera, community health workers, Zimbabwe | 3 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 5th, 2011
The IRC has worked in partnership with government agencies to rehabilitate water and sanitation systems at health clinics and youth centers and built latrines, showers, and safe water points in settlements for displaced people. more »
Posted in Health, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: health, humanitarian, hygiene, sanitation, water, Haiti Earthquake, cholera |
Posted by George.Rupp on December 30th, 2010
Conditions in Haiti are only marginally improved today from what they were when the earthquake struck on January 12, 2010. On a recent visit to Port-au-Prince, I was stunned by the mountains of rubble still waiting to be cleared. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Caribbean, Haiti | Tags: children, health, humanitarian, water, Haiti Earthquake, cholera, natural disaters |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 3rd, 2010
The unsanitary conditions in Port-au-Prince's tent settlements and slums are ripe for the spread of cholera. The IRC's Susana Ferreira shared these photos of our environmental health team treating water in camps where people don't have a safe supply. more »
Posted by The.IRC on October 15th, 2010
Today, Blog Action Day 2010, we're focusing on water issues. Read about how technology and a water faucet transformed the life of a 30-year-old mother of nine in Ethiopia in some incredibly positive -- and even unexpected -- ways. more »
Posted in Health, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: Blog Action Day, humanitarian, water |
Posted by The.IRC on October 15th, 2010
For Blog Action Day 2009, we joined thousands of bloggers around the world to help focus attention on climate change. Here's a look back at a 2009 post that describes how we are preparing local people for climate-related disasters and helping to reduce their vulnerability to climate change. more »
Posted in Health, IRC Worldwide | Tags: refugees, Blog Action Day, drought, humanitarian, water, natural disasters, climate change |
Posted by The.IRC on October 15th, 2010
Before the IRC restored their water system — which hadn’t functioned properly for around 10 years — residents of Kurmuk, in Ethiopa, had to travel nearly two miles to another village to bring back safe, but expensive, drinking water. more »
Posted in Health, Ethiopia | Tags: Blog Action Day, humanitarian, water |
Posted by Sergio.Trevisan on October 15th, 2010
Reading news headlines from Somalia, it is easy to think that here is a country without hope. But that impression is far from the truth. The people I have met here have an amazing capacity for living and getting on with their lives, despite abject poverty, a sense of lawlessness and other harsh realities they have to face daily. more »
Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Somalia | Tags: Blog Action Day, humanitarian, water | 3 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on October 15th, 2009
Since 2000, the International Rescue Committee has worked to bring water to the people of Ethiopia’s drought zones. Now, IRC water specialists are using cutting-edge technology to find and deliver this valuable resource. more »
Posted in Climate Change, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: refugees, Blog Action Day, climate, drought, environment, environmental refugees, global warming, humanitarian, water | 1 Comments
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