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Photo of the Day: Providing, Liberia

September 19, 2011
By The IRC

Photo: Aubrey Wade/IRC

ZORZOR, Liberia -

Posted in Education, Africa, Liberia | Tags: farming, West Africa, education, women, Liberia, Photo of the Day

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Bidna Capoeira

Submitted by Ned Colt on September 12, 2011 - 3:55am

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September 13, 2011

The IRC is partnering with the UK-based charity Bidna Capoeira to teach capoeira — a challenging Afro-Brazilian sport and art form — to at-risk children in West Bank refugee camps and schools. Proponents say it engenders a positive philosophy and outlook on life—one that is based on respect for the self and others.

Capoeira in the West Bank

September 12, 2011
By Ned Colt

Elementary school-age children in a West Bank Bedouin camp in their third capoeira class

Photo: Ned Colt/IRC

RAMALLAH, West Bank -

Posted in Children & Youth, Education, Middle East, West Bank and Gaza Strip | Tags: children, education, IRC, Capoeira, West Bank, Palestinians, Bedouin, Bidna Capoeira

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IRC launches programs in West Bank for at-risk children

By Ned Colt

Amman, Jordan - 20 Jun 2011 -

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is beginning a new project this week in the West Bank to support innovative psychosocial programs for Palestinian children.

The IRC is partnering with the UK-based charity Bidna Capoeira to bolster and expand programs that teach capoeira to at-risk children in West Bank refugee camps and schools.

Mothers' Stories: Annie Grant, Liberia

May 7, 2011
By Kathleen Sands Adams

Annie Grant is a graduate of an IRC program that is helping poor and disadvantaged young women in Liberia learn a trade or start their own business.

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

Posted in Education, Africa, Liberia | Tags: humanitarian, education, women, Mother's Day 2011, Mother's Day gifts

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Strengthening capacities for education in emergencies

NGO-University Partnership

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the University of Nairobi (UoN), with support from Unbound Philanthropy, joined forces in 2009 to create the world’s first-ever graduate program offering an Education in Emergencies (EiE) specialization.

The overarching objective of the project is to build national and regional humanitarian capacity for Education in Emergencies in the Horn and East Africa.

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