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@LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall Hope it's an amazing night! Thanks for your support.
May 17, 2013
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RT @DCComics: Amazing. 2.6k of you gave $150K+ to #WeCanBeHeroes. Big thanks from DCComics @SavetheChildren @mercycorps @theIRC t.co…
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: It spared Myanmar almost entirely, and the storm’s impact in Rakhine State was minimal.
May 17, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasan update: Storm weakened & then dissipated Thurs, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh.
May 17, 2013
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Call Senate Judiciary Cttee & urge them to pass #CIR that includes protections for asylees & #refugees: t.co/4OQrSoAGVt #CIRmarkup
May 16, 2013
VOICES FROM THE FIELD THE IRC BLOG
Africa
Posted by Peter.Biro on April 23rd, 2009
Posted in Health, HIV/Aids, Women, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, HIV/AIDS, humanitarian |
Posted by The.IRC on April 14th, 2009
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: refugees, video, aid workers, humanitarian | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on April 2nd, 2009
Posted in Health, Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, Huffington Post, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Kenya, refugee camps, Somali refugees in Kenya | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on March 16th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, Rwanda, Uganda | Tags: refugees, video, aid worker blogs, Amanya Ebye, genocide, humanitarian |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 4th, 2009
With more than 2 million people driven from their homes, Darfur has been described as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Now, the government of Sudan has ordered the IRC and other aid groups to shut down their life-saving programs. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian, twitter, Darfur, conflict |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 2nd, 2009
Posted in Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, aid worker blog, Huffington Post, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Kenya |
Posted by Peter.Biro on February 17th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Peter Biro in Uganda | 6 Comments
Posted by emily.holland on February 13th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Women, Africa, Liberia | Tags: refugees, Emily Holland in Liberia, humanitarian |
Posted by George.Rupp on February 9th, 2009
More than 244,000 Somali refugees have fled the ongoing violence and sought shelter in Dadaab in eastern Kenya, where the IRC launched health programs last month. I was therefore very interested in visiting the area during my trip to Kenya. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Kenya, Somalia | Tags: refugees, George Rupp, humanitarian, Somali refugees in Kenya | 2 Comments
Posted by George.Rupp on February 6th, 2009
I next visited Kenya’s northwest, the Turkana region, to observe the IRC’s varying work with local communities. The contrast with urban Nairobi is striking. As we drive the one hour from Lodwar to Kalokol, the heat is intense and the terrain is almost like a moonscape – dry and barren, with large rocky outcrops. more »
Posted in HIV/Aids, Africa, Kenya | Tags: refugees, aid worker diaries, George Rupp, humanitarian | 1 Comments
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