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RT @wrcommission: Ever think cell phones could help protect children's rights? Well they are! Find out how in this new #blog t.co ...
Feb 8, 2012
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@infoasaid Thanks for sharing that resource. We'll pass it on to our media team.
Feb 8, 2012
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@winmitch No, it's not the same program. More on our programs in Kenya: t.co/Py9peewR.
Feb 8, 2012
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Make a difference in the life of a #refugee - volunteer with the IRC in Tucson! Your skills & passions needed: t.co/N6PPdMbM
Feb 8, 2012
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In #Congo’s massive southern province of Katanga, the IRC's community-driven reconstruction program, ‘Tuungane,’ h t.co/y42qNqLO
Feb 8, 2012
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Posted by Ned Colt on January 18th, 2012
Country director Nigel Jenkins discusses challenges and plans in 2012 for the IRC's Afghanistan program. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: aid, Afghanistan, Nigel Jenkins | 2 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on January 12th, 2012
The IRC is at work in southern Afghanistan bringing essential aid to those displaced by human conflict and natural disaster. The IRC's Ned Colt meets with eight men who have differing backgrounds, but face similar challenges. more »
Posted in Afghani Refugees, Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: refugees, aid, Afghanistan, conflict, flooding, Afghan | 0 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on January 9th, 2012
An IRC doctor weighs a baby as part of a drive against child malnutrition in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The IRC provides health care to thousands of rural villagers who otherwise wouldn't receive it. more »
Posted by The.IRC on January 6th, 2012
The IRC's Shinko Tana on focusing attention on overlooked communities in Japan that are trying to recover from the March 2011 tsunami ... plus other notable quotes touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
Posted in Asia, Japan | Tags: refugees, tsunami, news, natural disasters | 0 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 1st, 2012
Happy New Year from all of us at the IRC! May 2012 be filled with peace, joy and renewal. more »
Posted in Asia, Japan | Tags: children, education, emergency response | 0 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on December 19th, 2011
Farmers hold up IRC coupons entitling them to fertilizer and rice seed. The smiles on the farmers' faces underscore how important the seed is to them. Many of them lost their entire crop in the floods of 2010. more »
Posted in Pakistan Floods, Asia, Pakistan | Tags: agriculture, Pakistan floods | 0 Comments
Posted by Shinko Tana on December 11th, 2011
I am back in Japan for the first time in five months to meet with the IRC’s three local partners and hear about the progress being made as the northeast slowly recovers from the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Asia, Japan | Tags: emergency relief, tsunami, earthquake, Japan | 2 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on December 5th, 2011
During this past summer, the IRC rehabilitated nine schools in northern Pakistan that were damaged or destroyed in the record flooding of 2010. more »
Posted in Pakistan Floods, Asia, Pakistan | Tags: education, Pakistan floods | 0 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on December 2nd, 2011
More than eight months after a tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan, IRC partner AAR is continuing to assist survivors with disabilities and others who have had difficulty accessing aid. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Asia, Japan | Tags: tsunami, disabilities, natural disaster, earthquake, humanitarian aid, World Disabilities Day, AAR Japan | 0 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on November 19th, 2011
Farmers in Sindh, Pakistan who lost their livelihoods to devastating floods last year rebuild a damaged culvert that brings water to their rice paddies. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Asia, Pakistan | Tags: agriculture, natural disasters, Pakistan floods, cash for work | 0 Comments
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