Since 1933, the IRC has provided hope and humanitarian aid to refugees and other victims of oppression and violent conflict around the world.
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
May 22, 2013
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Less than 10 yrs after fleeing Somalia, Amal Kahim Jama & her family became refugees again, in Syria: t.co/wZkmKWqy00 via @AJEnglish
May 22, 2013
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@IRCPress You've been quoted in my #Storify story "Crisis in Darfur, 10 Years On" t.co/guLOti8F02
May 21, 2013
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RT @IRCPress: Race against time to aid new #Darfur #refugees in Chad before rains begin: t.co/z6eDBFeR1I
May 21, 2013
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Posted by emily.holland on August 11th, 2008
Kedija, a 30-year-old mother of nine, used to walk four hours every day---two hours each way---to collect water for her husband and children. Not only did this chore consume most of Kedija’s day, the water she brought back was often undrinkable. more »
Posted in Women, Africa | Tags: refugees, Emily and Daniella in Ethiopia, humanitarian, the IRC, water | 4 Comments
Posted by joanne.offer on August 6th, 2008
In Moroto District, northern Uganda, the IRC is helping working children to get out of the workplace and back in to school. Children who come from poor backgrounds often have to drop out of school to earn money to help their families. For example, Lemukol-Betty, 15, used to work in a quarry, breaking up stones for just 5,000 Shillings a month – that’s about US$3. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, child labor, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Uganda | 2 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 1st, 2008
Posted in Africa, Tanzania | Tags: refugees, Barri Shorey, humanitarian |
Posted by emily.holland on August 1st, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Women, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: refugees, Emily and Daniella in Ethiopia, humanitarian | 4 Comments
Posted by emily.holland on July 25th, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Women, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: refugees, Emily and Daniella in Ethiopia, humanitarian | 16 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on July 24th, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Women, Africa, Burundi | Tags: refugees, Barri Shorey, humanitarian, Makamba | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on July 23rd, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, United States | Tags: refugees, humanitarian |
Posted by The.IRC on July 22nd, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, United States | Tags: refugees, humanitarian | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on July 21st, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, humanitarian |
Posted by The.IRC on July 18th, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, War, Africa | Tags: refugees, humanitarian |
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