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VOICES FROM THE FIELD THE IRC BLOG
Afghanistan
Posted by The.IRC on June 10th, 2011
Bob Kitchen served as IRC country director in Afghanistan from 2009 until the end of April. He recently spoke with Ned Colt via Skype from Kabul about the successes and challenges of working in a country where conflict and kidnappings are a constant threat. more »
Posted in Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: Bob Kitchen, Afghanistan, humanitarian aid, Kabul | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 28th, 2011
Commenting on a Washington Post story, the IRC’s Michael Kocher writes in a letter to the editor,"Military-led projects erode established humanitarian principles of impartiality and independence, fail to win hearts and minds and -- we now know -- are ineffective." more »
Posted in Advocacy, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: humanitarian, michael kocher, news, conflict, quoted, military aid |
Posted by The.IRC on December 21st, 2010
Today, billions of dollars in aid is delivered by soldiers and private contractors at the behest of the political and military leadership. But this so-called "militarized aid" is ineffective, wasteful, and puts lives at risk. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Afghanistan | Tags: refugees, development, humanitarian, conflict, war, Michael Young, militarized aid | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on October 21st, 2010
Bob Kitchen, the IRC's country director in Afghanistan, spoke with CNN about the increasing challenges and dangers of providing humanitarian aid there. more »
Posted in Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: humanitarian, news, Afghanistan, conflict |
Posted by George.Rupp on October 20th, 2010
Since 1989, no president has taken the final step required for ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The time has now come to end this embarrassing state of affairs. more »
Posted by The.IRC on October 19th, 2010
Author, activist, photographer and IRC volunteer Ann Jones is interviewed about her recently published book “War Is Not Over When It’s Over: Women Speak Out from the Ruins of War,” which is based on Jones’ work with the IRC’s gender-based violence unit. more »
Posted in Women, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: Ann Jones, humanitarian, Women's Rights, news, conflict, war, books |
Posted by The.IRC on August 8th, 2010
Responding to an op-ed in the New York Times on Afghanistan’s National Solidarity Program, IRC international programs VP Michael Kocher writes about a similar program the IRC is supporting in Congo. more »
Posted in Afghanistan | Tags: congo, peace, Afghanistan, Tuungane |
Posted by Anne.Richard on May 29th, 2009
IRC vice president Anne Richard writes this week in The Huffington Post that Kabul is calm, not having had a major security incident for months. “But don’t be fooled,” she says. “This is a city under siege.” more »
Posted in War, Afghanistan | Tags: refugees, Anne Richard, humanitarian |
Posted by The.IRC on September 30th, 2008
Posted in United States, Afghanistan | Tags: refugees, video, humanitarian, Virginia | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on August 14th, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Child Soldiers, Disabilities, Humanitarian Aid, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: refugees, development, humanitarian, landmines, Taleban, Taliban |
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