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Posted by George.Rupp on December 28th, 2011
As the people of Libya and Egypt look to new futures, impressive strides by war-scarred Congo offer proof that the best of hopes can be realized. The IRC's community-driven approach to rebuilding is creating durable progress in education, health care, civil infrastructure, and other critical areas. more »
Posted by The.IRC on December 1st, 2011
Ahead of Congo’s national elections, Ciaran Donnelly, the IRC’s Congo country director, participated in a wide-ranging debate before a live audience in Kinshasa on the question of whether the Democratic Republic of Congo is a failed state. more »
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on November 30th, 2011
A woman who was displaced from her village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo due to ongoing violence was one of thousands of beneficiaries at a Non-Food Items Fair the IRC organized this month. more »
Posted by The.IRC on November 29th, 2011
Uwizera Desange teaches fourth grade in an area of the Democratic Republic of Congo that is still being ravaged by violence. "If I didn't come to teach there would be an empty classroom," she says. more »
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 »
Posted by The.IRC on October 12th, 2011
IRC rape counselors provide individual emotional support and family mediation. They also work with communities to change attitudes -- in particular -- placing blame where it is deserved, rather than on victims. more »
Posted by The.IRC on October 3rd, 2011
Children attending Rushege primary school in Tongo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, play a football match against a rival school. more »
Posted by The.IRC on September 22nd, 2011
The IRC recently hosted a Clinton Global Initiative delegation to South Kivu Province in eastern Congo. The delegation included actress Ashley Judd and NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon, who visited a local women's association. more »
Posted by The.IRC on September 20th, 2011
A child counts out a math lesson on an abacus in a school in Kalemie, a town on the western shore of Congo's Lake Tanganyika. An estimated 31% of school-age children in Congo have never set foot in a classroom. more »
Posted by The.IRC on September 9th, 2011
The International Rescue Committee donated this four-wheel-drive vehicle to Rwanguba Health Zone in July 2011 to enable local health managers to supervise their teams and deliver essential drugs. more »

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