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VOICES FROM THE FIELD THE IRC BLOG
D.r. Congo
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on July 19th, 2012
The IRC has played a decisive role in containing a major cholera outbreak in Congo's North Kivu province, where armed violence has uprooted more than 200,000 people since April. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Gender based Violence, Health, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: emergency relief, conflict, cholera, humanitarian aid |
Posted by The.IRC on June 20th, 2012
While Esther was giving birth to triplets at an IRC clinic in Congo, fighting swept through her village forcing everyone, including her husband and other children to flee. She doesn’t know where they are and can’t return home. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Mothers, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: World Refugee Day, North Kivu, photos, conflict, mothers |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on June 11th, 2012
For more than 15 years, millions of people in eastern Congo have lived under constant threat of violence or suffered brutal attacks. One mother shares her story of survival. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Mothers, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: South Kivu, conflict, poverty, Rapid Response to Population Movements |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on June 8th, 2012
The Tuungane program brings together Congo communities to build critical new development projects and tranform the region. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Humanitarian Aid, Organizations Assisting Refugees, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: development, Tuungane, Eastern Congo, communities |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on April 2nd, 2012
IRC-supported women's organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo are using community theater to raise awareness about pressing issues like domestic violence. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Domestic Violence, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: domestic violence, violence against women, International Women’s Day, community theater |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on March 13th, 2012
For Emelda Musabyimana, life changed a few months ago when the IRC asked her to play an active role in a health project rolling out in her village. “Maman Emelda" has an important duty to perform: record and transmit all births and deaths in the 15 households she is assigned to survey. more »
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on March 6th, 2012
With a motorboat purchased specifically for the purpose, the IRC is bringing much-needed medicine and other supplies to remote communities along the shores of Congo's Lake Kivu. more »
Posted in Health, Post conflict, Climate Change, Education, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: Malaria, education, Tuungane, South Kivu, humanitarian aid, community-driven reconstruction, Mushenyi |
Posted by The.IRC on March 2nd, 2012
IRC regional director Ciaran Donnelly on the slow but significant progress being made in the "extremely fragile" Democratic Republic of Congo ... plus, other notable quotes touching on the IRC's work around the world. more »
Posted in Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: quoted, humanitarian aid |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on February 29th, 2012
I recently talked to Ciaran Donnelly, the IRC’s regional director in Congo for the past three years, about the realities on the ground, the importance of recent general elections, and the IRC’s work—past, present and future. more »
Posted in Post conflict, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: humanitarian aid |
Posted by The.IRC on February 8th, 2012
Stories of horrific violence in Congo are all too common; however, there are even more attacks—especially on women and children—that we don’t hear about. Learn how an IRC-affiliated program is using cell phones to connect those who have experienced violence with those who can help them. more »
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