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Quoted: "Making a difference is what keeps me here"
Posted by The.IRC on November 16th, 2011
IRC nutrition nurse Sirat Amin talks about his work treating severely malnourished Somali refugee children at the IRC's hospital in Dadaab, Kenya. more »
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From the frontlines of the famine -- give a gift that matters
Posted by bob.kitchen on November 16th, 2011
Hear firsthand from the IRC’s emergency response director, Bob Kitchen, how IRC Rescue Gifts are saving lives whenever crises erupt. more »
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Photo Share: A village's first source of clean water
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on November 15th, 2011
A child collects drinking water from the first ever clean source in his Congolese village, located on a very remote shore of Kivu Lake accessible only by boat. more »
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Video: Miracle in the desert
Posted by The.IRC on November 14th, 2011
Minhaj Gedi Farah's remarkable recovery was featured on ABC News this weekend. His transformation -- from a malnourished infant on the brink of death to a chubby, giggling baby -- is a testament to the impact that timely humanitarian aid can have on the millions of people affected by the drought crisis in East Africa. more »
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Photo Share: A Liberian school's only female teacher
Posted by The.IRC on November 12th, 2011
Photographer Aubrey Wade took this portrait of Anna K. Kolubah, the only female teacher at her school in Liberia's Lofa County. After years of civil war and unrest in Liberia, the IRC is working to get kids back into the classroom. more »
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“Face of the famine” baby, Minhaj, before and after
Posted by Sophia Jones-Mwangi on November 10th, 2011
The gaunt face of baby Minhaj Gedi Farah came to signify the plight of thousands of malnourished refugee children fleeing famine-devastated Somalia. Today, after being treated by the IRC, Minhaj is the picture of health more »
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"They are not allowed to be children"
Posted by Peter.Biro on November 8th, 2011
The IRC's Peter Aturia explains the importance of education to parents in a rural area of Uganda where children are often the breadwinners of the family. The IRC enrolls kids in safe schools with well-trained teachers more »
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One house, three bedrooms, 24 kids
Posted by Ned Colt on November 4th, 2011
This young boy is one of more than two dozen children living in a three-bedroom home still under construction near Tripoli, Libya. The IRC is helping families like theirs who fled violence in their hometowns in northern Libya. more »
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Video: "Water means life"
Posted by The.IRC on November 3rd, 2011
In this short clip, a teacher in Kenya expresses his hope that children who have been forced to leave school due to the drought will now be able to continue their studies thanks to water delivered by the IRC. more »
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Noted: BBC News features new IRC photos from Somalia
Posted by The.IRC on November 2nd, 2011
New photos by the IRC's Peter Biro on BBC News show the living conditions of Somalis who have been displaced by conflict and famine. more »
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