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Posted by The.IRC on January 5th, 2011
A young girl, as young as thirteen years old, is forced to marry someone. In this case she will not have an opportunity to go to school, and in most intances she is even pulled out of school... to start her new life with someone she doesn't know usually. more »
Posted in Women, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: humanitarian, Sexual Violence, Southern Sudan, conflict, violence against women, women, Wake Up Call |
Posted by The.IRC on December 8th, 2010
An IRC medical team is delivering health care services to thousands in southern Sudan who fled Sudanese army bombings on the north-south border last month. The displaced are mostly women and children. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: emergency, health, humanitarian, Southern Sudan, conflict, Sudan |
Posted by The.IRC on December 7th, 2010
The IRC's Susan Purdin offers insight into southern Sudan in this piece, which aired on PRI's "The World.” (Southern Sudan is holding a January referendum to decide whether to become an independent country.) more »
Posted in Africa, South Sudan | Tags: Africa, referendum, news, Sudan |
Posted by The.IRC on October 18th, 2010
Alan Paul, the IRC’s deputy director of programs in Southern Sudan, says that the referendum is the single most important event in Africa in 2011. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: development, humanitarian, Southern Sudan, Sudan referendum |
Posted by The.IRC on September 24th, 2010
“Sudan is a difficult place to raise a family, says photojournalist Christopher Scott. “But the people exhibit an intense determination and pride." See a slideshow of photos Christopher took last year when he traveled throughout Southern Sudan as a volunteer to document the IRC's work. more »
Posted in Post conflict, South Sudan | Tags: Southern Sudan, photos, Sudan |
Posted by The.IRC on September 24th, 2010
Southern Sudan is being built up virtually from scratch and it needs the support of the rest of the world, says the IRC's Sudan country director Susan Purdin. The IRC and four other aid agencies have urged world leaders at today’s Sudan summit to take concrete action to help. more »
Posted in South Sudan | Tags: Southern Sudan, quoted, Sudan, Sudan summit |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on June 3rd, 2009
Posted in Health, Darfur Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, South Sudan |
Posted by The.IRC on April 28th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Africa, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, video, Glenn Close, humanitarian, Mother's Day, South Sudan |
Posted by The.IRC on March 18th, 2009
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian |
Posted by joanne.offer on January 14th, 2009
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. And in this case it’s entirely true. In the bottle on the left, is water taken straight from Lake Cariari near Bahai in eastern Chad. On the right, is water taken from the lake that’s been filtered, treated and chlorinated by the IRC’s water treatment plant in nearby Oure Cassoni camp for Darfuri refugees. Which one would you rather drink? more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Chad, South Sudan | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, water, Darfur | 6 Comments
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