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Dadaab Stories: Inside the world's largest refugee camp
Posted by The IRC on March 26, 2013
Explore DADAAB STORIES, an online multimedia experience just launched by our partner FilmAid International. Video, poetry, music, radio, community journalism and blogs tell personal stories from the world's largest refugee camp. more »
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Angelina Jolie and William Hague visit IRC programs for women in Congo
Posted by The IRC on March 26, 2013
Yesterday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague and actress Angelina Jolie visited a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where the IRC is working to prevent violence against women and girls. more »
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Inside a Thailand refugee camp with Sarah Wayne Callies
Posted by The IRC on March 25, 2013
What is life like in the refugee camps strung along Thailand's border with Myanmar? Last year actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies visited some of these camps and shared her impressions in a series of videos and blog posts. more »
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IRC aiding survivors of deadly Thailand refugee camp fire
Posted by Peter Biro on March 25, 2013
The IRC is providing aid to survivors of a fire at a refugee camp in Thailand that killed 37 people on Friday. The fire destroyed hundreds of makeshift huts at Ban Mae Surin camp, which is home to some 3,500 ethnic Karen refugees who have fled ethnic conflict in neighboring Myanmar. The fire also destroyed the camp’s clinic and hospital. more »
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"Water is life"
Posted by The IRC on March 22, 2013
Watch the stories of Fozia Ahmed Karshe and Hawa Ali Ibrahim; they are linchpins of their community, teaching people how to keep their water clean, and managing the water points within the displaced persons camp they live in. more »
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World Water Day 2013: Safe access to safe water
Posted by The IRC on March 22, 2013
Today is World Water Day. It’s an opportunity to spotlight the fact that many women and girls in crisis zones worldwide must trek miles every day just to reach clean water. In Ethiopia, Abdiya Abdi Mohamud remembers what life was like before an IRC-built water system reached her village. more »
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Photo Share: A gift for refugee farmers, Phoenix
Posted by The IRC on March 21, 2013
Thanks to a tractor donated by a local church, refugee farmers in the IRC's New Roots program in Phoenix will be able to do their work in half the time and harvest twice as much land. more »
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Photo Share: Celebrating savings, Congo
Posted by Sinziana Demian on March 20, 2013
At a village savings and loan association meeting in eastern Congo last month, women cheered for a fellow member who deposited enough money into the collective's pool that week to buy the maximum number of shares – five. more »
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Iraq, 10 years on: "Living in prolonged limbo"
Posted by The IRC on March 19, 2013
Ten years after the invasion, there are more than 1 million Iraqis who have little hope of returning to their homes due to ongoing violence. IRC protection teams travel across Iraq to provide legal support to those seeking a permanent home. more »
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Iraq, 10 years on: “I left my heart in Baghdad”
Posted by The IRC on March 19, 2013
As a refugee from Iraq, IRC English teacher Taghreed had to meet the same challenges her students face every day: the stress of leaving a home, the difficulties of resettlement, and the adjustment to American life. more »
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