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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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Every day, IRC humanitarian workers are rescuing lives. Here, they offer a glimpse of their experiences, the challenges they face and the courageous people they meet by sharing videos, photos and stories.
Posted by Joanne Offer on August 14, 2008
Posted in Health, HIV/Aids, Mothers, Women, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, Aids, HIV, HIV/AIDS, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Uganda, Karamoja | 1 Comments
Posted by The IRC on August 13, 2008
Posted in Asia, Afghanistan | Tags: refugees, aid workers, humanitarian, the IRC | 3 Comments
Posted by unknown on August 11, 2008
Kedija, a 30-year-old mother of nine, used to walk four hours every day---two hours each way---to collect water for her husband and children. Not only did this chore consume most of Kedija’s day, the water she brought back was often undrinkable. more »
Posted in Women, Africa | Tags: refugees, Emily and Daniella in Ethiopia, humanitarian, the IRC, water | 4 Comments
Posted by Unknown on August 8, 2008
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Jessica Malter in Jordan |
Posted by Kathleen Sands Adams on August 8, 2008
Posted in Asia, Myanmar, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Barbara Bush, humanitarian, Laura Bush |
Posted by Joanne Offer on August 6, 2008
In Moroto District, northern Uganda, the IRC is helping working children to get out of the workplace and back in to school. Children who come from poor backgrounds often have to drop out of school to earn money to help their families. For example, Lemukol-Betty, 15, used to work in a quarry, breaking up stones for just 5,000 Shillings a month – that’s about US$3. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Africa, Uganda | Tags: refugees, child labor, humanitarian, Joanne Offer in Uganda | 2 Comments
Posted by Kathleen Sands Adams on August 1, 2008
Posted in Africa, Tanzania | Tags: refugees, Barri Shorey, humanitarian |
Posted by unknown on August 1, 2008
Posted in Children & Youth, Women, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: refugees, Emily and Daniella in Ethiopia, humanitarian | 4 Comments
Posted by The IRC on July 31, 2008
In December 1979, the Soviet Union airlifted troops into the mountainous country of Afghanistan. The Soviets and their Afghan allies took the capital, Kabul, and launched nine years of war with indigenous resistance groups. Thus began three decades of conflict and massive displacement for the Afghan people, along with the devastation of their country. more »
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Pakistan | Tags: refugees, Afghans, Hamid Karzai, humanitarian, Mohammed Haneef Atmar, conflict | 3 Comments
Posted by The IRC on July 30, 2008
Until the October 8, 2005 earthquake that devastated parts of Pakistan, Shoaib lived with his wife, Roma, and their children, three girls and three boys between the ages of one and twelve, in a small two-room house. more »
Posted in Pakistan | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Kashmir, natural disasters, Pakistan earthquake |
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