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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC's Felix Leger on VOA today t.co/vzvenVNEJ1
May 22, 2013
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RT @So_Jo1: @theIRC will provide 70,000 liters of clean water daily--enough potable water for 5,000 people a day to drink, cook and bathe #…
May 22, 2013
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Less than 10 yrs after fleeing Somalia, Amal Kahim Jama & her family became refugees again, in Syria: t.co/wZkmKWqy00 via @AJEnglish
May 22, 2013
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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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Posted by The.IRC on February 14th, 2011
"I have never squeezed my husband in public before," says Bhutanese refugee Uma Timsina, standing on a pier in front of the Statue of Liberty with her husband Chet Nath. The couple were spending their first day off together in months in New York's Battery Park. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, resettlement, how to help, Valentine's Day, last-minute gift |
Posted by The.IRC on December 27th, 2010
I feel a very strong personal connection to what refugees are experiencing today. The remnants of an experience that you survived shape you. Make you more anxious. Make you more empathetic. Make you angrier. Make you whatever… It becomes part of your genetic makeup. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, resettlement, conflict, Andy Grove, Hungarian refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by Vanessa.Pirandello on November 9th, 2010
In his 30-year career at the IRC, New York-based employment specialist Jimmy Lu has helped more than 4,000 refugees from Kosovo, Myanmar, Bhutan, Tibet, Iraq and West Africa find work, even in the toughest job markets. His New York US Programs office colleague Vanessa Pirandello tells his story. more »
Posted by Misha Cohen on November 4th, 2010
Photographer and IRC volunteer Misha Cohen has been telling the story of the Bhutanese Timsina family’s first months in the U.S. in pictures. Misha's newest photo essay chronicles the celebration of Diwali, a Hindu holiday. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, bhutanese refugees, humanitarian, New York City, urban refugees, photos, Timsina family, Diwali |
Posted by The.IRC on September 29th, 2010
You might remember the One in 8 Million piece which ran last summer in the New York Times about Bhutanese refugee, Tika Chapagai, and his wife Chandra. Well, the series, as a whole, won an Emmy on Monday night. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, Bhutan, bhutanese refugees, urban refugees, news, New York |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 31st, 2010
An IRC summer program in New York helps young people who grew up in war zones and refugee camps adjust to life and education in the United States. more »
Posted in US - New York, NY | Tags: children, refugees, resettlement, education | 1 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 11th, 2010
Haider Alzubaidy, a native of Baghdad, Iraq, remembers running to school to avoid being shot by a sniper. Haider is now a student at the IRC's Summer Youth Academy, learning how to adjust to life and education in New York City. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - New York, NY | Tags: children, youth, refugees, Iraqi refugees, education |
Posted by Misha Cohen on June 22nd, 2010
Freelance photographer and IRC volunteer Misha Cohen has been telling the story of the Bhutanese Timsina family’s first months in the U.S. in pictures. Since their arrival in the U.S., the Timsina family is able to enjoy freedoms that were stripped from them in Bhutan. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, Bhutan, bhutanese, Bronx, humanitarian, Misha Cohen, NYC, urban refugees, Nepal | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on October 23rd, 2009
The students at the IRC's Refugee Youth Summer Academy in NYC had an amazing, creative summer thanks to World Up. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, video, NYC, teens, urban refugees | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on July 6th, 2009
Posted in Resettlement, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, Bhutan, Misha Cohen, NYC, resettlement, urban refugees, Nepal, photos | 3 Comments
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