International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Education

IRC announces comprehensive project to support tens of thousands of Afghan students

Afghan children study the Koran at a streetside shop in Kabul.

Photo: REUTERS/Omar Sobhani, courtesy Trust.org - AlertNet

Program involves four global aid agencies
KABUL, Afghanistan - 17 May 2012 -  

The International Rescue Committee will participate in a major education campaign aimed at reaching more than 25,000 students in Afghanistan. The project, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and bringing together four international aid agencies including the IRC, will reach students across more than a third of Afghanistan.

A ray of hope for Pakistan's displaced children


May 10, 2012
By Ned Colt

Some of the 5,000 students attending IRC-run schools at Jalozai camp in Pakistan

Ned Colt/IRC
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Q&A: "New Kids" author Brooke Hauser on refugee teens in America


May 2, 2012
By Kathleen Sands Adams

Chit Su in her room. When she arrived in New York from Myanmar, also known as Burma, no one in her new school spoke her language.

Photo: Brooke Hauser
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In Turkana, water quenches children’s thirst for knowledge


April 26, 2012
By The IRC

James Lachule of the IRC’s water and sanitation team speaks to a class at the Natagilae Primary School about the importance of hand washing.

Photo: Kate Heitz/IRC
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IRC and Japanese aid partners offer a lifeline for tsunami survivors

With support from the IRC, the aid group Japanese Emergency NGO (JEN) is helping fishermen get back to work. These fishermen received aid to restart fish farms on the devastated Oshika peninsula. (Photo: Peter Biro/IRC)

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Photo Essay: Japan, One year on >

By Peter Biro

In Congo, hope comes to remote shores


March 6, 2012
By Sinziana Demian
Mushenyi, a village of 3,500 people in eastern Congo, is cut off from its neighbors by massive Lake Kivu on one side and overgrown mountains on the other.
Photo: Sinziana Demian/IRC
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Photo Share: Lunchtime, Thailand


March 5, 2012
By The IRC
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
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Helping Burmese students learn


Burmese students at the Hsa Mu Htaw learning center. Suttida Lalamo (third from the left) said that she wants to stay in Thailand and become fluent in the Thai language. (Photo: Peter Biro/IRC)

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