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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 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 »
Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, refugee camp, Sarah Wayne Callies in Thailand |
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 »
Posted in Emergency Response, Health, Asia, Thailand | Tags: refugees, Burmese refugees, Karen, emergency response, refugee camp, Ban Mae Surin |
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 »
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 »
Posted in Health, Africa, Ethiopia | Tags: water, World Water Day | 1 Comments
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 »
Posted in Resettlement, New Roots, United States, US - Phoenix, AZ | Tags: refugees, community gardening, new roots, resettlement, urban farming |
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 »
Posted in Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: women, VSLA |
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 »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Iraq |
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 »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Resettlement, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, resettlement, education, ESL |
Posted by The IRC on March 18, 2013
Dalya Sarkees can still describe the colorful dawn sky above Baghdad the morning the U.S.-led invasion started. She's one of thousands of Iraqi refugees resettled in the U.S. by the IRC as violence continues to plague the country a decade after the war began in 2003. more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Resettlement, United States, US - Tucson, AZ | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, resettlement, conflict | 1 Comments
Posted by Ned Colt on March 15, 2013
It was two years ago today that Damascus saw the first small sparks of protest. At last count at least 70,000 Syrians are dead, 2.5 million are displaced inside and outside the country and more than four million Syrians are in dire need of humanitarian aid. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Syria Crisis, Jordan | Tags: refugees, conflict, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
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