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A Mother's Day gift that rescues lives


May 10, 2013
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How mobiles help deliver tiny miracles after war and natural disasters

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How mobiles help deliver tiny miracles after war and natural disasters
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March 10, 2013
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The Independent
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For thousands of children around the world reunited, finally, with their parents after months or years kept apart by disaster, what we call Mother's Day will be a special cause for celebration.

Eritrean refugee's journey to Tucson was a long, tragic one

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Eritrean refugee's journey to Tucson was a long, tragic one
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March 3, 2013
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Like so many refugees, Negisti Kurban's story is one of horror and hope. The transition hasn't been easy but Kurban is determined and, she said, "so grateful" to be here.

Aluel's future in South Sudan


July 13, 2012
By Susan Purdin

Amou Lual with her one-year-old daughter, Aluel. 

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Lifesaving care for South Sudan's new mothers [Video]


July 11, 2012
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Family Planning for Women in Conflict Areas Seen as Crucial

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Family Planning for Women in Conflict Areas Seen as Crucial
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July 10, 2012
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Wednesday is World Population Day, and the United Nations Population Fund says reproductive health is crucial for development. Dr. Dhammika Perera, senior technical advisor for global reproductive health programs at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), said his organization believes that givin

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“Golden Moment” hinges on family planning reaching women in crisis zones

10 Jul 2012

Giving women in conflict or disaster-hit communities more control over when and whether to have children will be key to the success of global efforts to reduce maternal mortality in developing countries.

Safer deliveries for South Sudan’s new mothers

Sudan’s decades-long civil war has left South Sudan, which became an independent state last year, without a functioning health system or trained personnel.  As a result, the new nation has one of the world’s highest rates of maternal mortality: More than 2,000 mothers die for every 100,000 live births.

06 Jul 2012

Photo Share: Separated


June 20, 2012
By The IRC
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When “home” is a stranger’s house


June 11, 2012
By Sinziana Demian

Jacqueline’s is one of many displaced families forced to flee their homes by violence in South Kivu. Here she washes their clothes in new basins bought with IRC vouchers at a local fair.

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SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE, Democratic Republic of Congo -

Starting over in Congo

  • This woman is arranging pagne, a waxed cotton fabric women use for dresses.
  • A staff member checks the IDs of people arriving at the fair.
  • A woman exults when she receives a $75 voucher.
  • A woman carrying her baby on her back looks at a bolt of fabric.
  • A man selects three corrugated metal panels to build a home.
  • A boy gives a vendor a coupon in exchange for a flashlight and batteries.
  • A woman carries a travel bag, a washing basin and a rolled corrugated sheet.
  • Two people carry mattresses they purchased at the fair over their heads.
  • An IRC staff member checks merchandise of visitors who have cashed in coupons.
  • A fair-goer carries bundles of goods home on a motorbike.
  • Vendors exchange the vouchers they have collected for credit with the IRC.
  • A woman with the washing basins she bought at the fair.
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Last year, the IRC organized three fairs in Congo’s South Kivu Province, which continues to be marred by insecurity and large population displacements. More than 5,000 families—some who were forced from home by violence, others who have been sharing their homes with the uprooted—exchanged IRC vouchers for basic items they need to rebuild their lives.  The fairs, sponsored by UNICEF, also gave local merchants business, providing an important economic boost to the region.

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