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Giving So Others Will Do the Same

Submitted by Anonymous on August 28, 2011 - 6:42pm
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Giving So Others Will Do the Same
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August 28, 2011
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The Wall Street Journal - World News
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Josh S. Weston enjoys a good challenge. The 82-year-old former chief executive of Automatic Data Processing Inc. says that he likes to give in the form of a challenge grant.
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Hurricane Irene: Helping refugees prepare


August 26, 2011
By Kathleen Sands Adams

Satellite imagery of Hurricane Irene, August 24, 2011

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Sarah Wayne Callies and the International Rescue Committee

Sarah Wayne Callies is a long-time supporter of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). In this video, she speaks of the IRC’s work assisting refugees and her role as an IRC Voice, drawing parallels between the experience of the character she plays in the AMC TV series “The Walking Dead” and the hardship and trauma that refugees endure. 

24 Aug 2011

Giving birth in a new land

Hlawn Kim (center) recovers in the hospital after her Caesarean section. (Photo: Martha Dodge/IRC)

For newly arrived refugee women, giving birth in a new country can be terrifying. The IRC’s pregnancy support program helps make the experience easier – and joyful.
By Martha Dodge
BALTIMORE, Maryland - 23 Aug 2011 -  

Hlawn Kim recovers in the hospital after her Caesarean section.
Hlawn Kim (center) recovers in the hospital after her Caesarean section. (Photo: Martha Dodge)

At Last, A Home

Submitted by lucy.carrigan on August 22, 2011 - 3:41pm
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At Last, A Home
Date: 
August 21, 2011
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East Oregonian
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Mikhail Kozyrev can’t believe his good luck. He raps his knuckles on his wooden dining room table when he considers that, of all the jobs a refugee could get in recession-torn America, he landed one that fits his training in computer science. As a control desk operator at Threemile Canyon Farms outside of Boardman, Kosyrev helps run an enormous computer system, including one of the largest wireless networks in the world.

Meals for Miles


August 22, 2011
By The IRC
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Refugees go back to school: Cooper junior relishes liberty in U.S.

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Refugees go back to school: Cooper junior relishes liberty in U.S.
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August 21, 2011
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Abilene Reporter-News (AP)
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Learning the ins and outs of being a high school student in America should be a snap for John Iragena, considering what he's been through in his 16 years.
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Refugees plant new roots in community gardens

The IRC helps refugees get back to the land and healthy ways of growing and eating food.
Story and photos by Peter Biro - 17 Aug 2011 -  

New Roots

  • New Roots, the IRC’s nationwide gardening, micro-enterprise
  • Uzakboy Djuraev, 42, a refugee from Uzbekistan, works his plot at a New Roots
  • Kyi Hser, 27, a Burmese refugee, feeds calves at Threemile Canyon Farms
  • The IRC provides refugees like Puspa Lal Regmi with agricultural training
  • Bossn Gumaa, a refugee from Sudan, feels at home working at a goat farm
  • New Roots helps newly-arrived refugees
  • Bhagiratha Bhattarai, a Bhutanese refugee who arrived in Salt Lake City a year a
  • Many refugees were farmers in their native countries, says Anchi Mei
  • Until recently, the San Diego New Roots community farm was a vacant lot
  • Refugees sell produce grown by fellow refugees at a farmers' market
  • In the Pauma valley near San Diego, a group of Somali Bantu women meet
  • Shukri Egal, 17, from Somalia, is participating in an IRC after-school program
  • The New York City New Roots program is located in the South Bronx
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When refugees arrive in the United States, they have left everything familiar behind. The IRC's New Roots program brings refugees together to share experiences and feel a connection to their new home through community gardening and nutrition and micro-enterprise programs.

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Refugees selling produce grown by fellow refugees at a farmers' market in San Diego

New Roots

Submitted by lauren.fuller on August 16, 2011 - 4:29pm
Date: 
August 16, 2011

When refugees arrive in the United States, they have left everything familiar behind. The IRC's New Roots program brings refugees together to share experiences and feel a connection to their new home through community gardening and nutrition and micro-enterprise programs.

The first-ever Refugee Congress


August 11, 2011
By Anne Richard
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