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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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RT @MoveEndViolence: Why do we need a #movement to end #VAWG? #MovementMaker Heidi Lehmann of @theIRC on the blog. t.co/H74c80BdAs
May 20, 2013
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@Doylech @oneworldadopt @Just_Naomi_chan @socialfund @AFRIpads @tamaraduker @lynndalsing @HuTerra @scribblymouse thanks for your support!
May 20, 2013
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RT @IRCuk: Thanks @LCO_orchestra @RiyadNicolas @cadoganhall for an excellent concert & for supporting our work w. Syrian refugees #TheAsfar…
May 20, 2013
VOICES FROM THE FIELD THE IRC BLOG
Uganda
Posted by joanne.offer on October 28th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, child labor, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Uganda, LRA | 3 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on June 4th, 2009
With few other opportunities to earn a livelihood in this part of Uganda, local clans are highly protective of their cattle and the few sources available to water them. So, when rival herders try to use their water supply, conflict can occur. And, in an area where automatic weapons are abundant, events can quickly escalate out of control. more »
Posted by The.IRC on June 3rd, 2009
Seated inside the communal hall in St. John’s Church in the remote Ugandan town of Iriiri, Gloria Irota is not attending a service. Rather, she’s learning how to identify symptoms of malaria in young children. Although malaria has long been treatable, it still kills tens of thousands of Ugandan children every year. more »
Posted in Health, Uganda | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Karamoja, Malaria | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on May 22nd, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, United States, Uganda | Tags: refugees, child labor, Hilda Solis, humanitarian, Michael Scharff in Uganda |
Posted by Peter.Biro on April 23rd, 2009
Posted by The.IRC on March 16th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, Rwanda, Uganda | Tags: refugees, video, aid worker blogs, Amanya Ebye, genocide, humanitarian |
Posted by Peter.Biro on February 17th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Health, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Peter Biro in Uganda | 6 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 23rd, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Child Soldiers, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, child soldier, humanitarian, Lord’s Resistance Army, LRA |
Posted by Peter.Biro on January 8th, 2009
Posted in Health, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, humanitarian |
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 31st, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, child labor, humanitarian, Peter Biro in Uganda | 2 Comments
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