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VOICES FROM THE FIELDTHE IRC BLOG
We Can Be Heroes: bringing a little boy back from the brink of starvation
January 3, 2013
By The IRC
When three-year-old Aden arrived in Dadaab he weighed only 11 pounds. After just a week of treatment in the IRC hospital Aden had gained two pounds.
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
The lifesaving impact of the We Can Be Heroes drought relief campaign is exemplified by the story of Aden Abdallah Ibrahim, a three-year-old boy who returned from the brink of starvation after being treated at an International Rescue Committee clinic in Dadaab, Kenya.
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Posted in Horn of Africa Drought, Africa, Kenya | Tags: drought, malnutrition, Somali refugees, We Can Be Heroes, Dadaab, Aden Abdallah Ibrahim, Hagadera
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