International Rescue Committee (IRC)

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IRC Press Coverage

September 23, 2011 - 

In the Horn of East Africa, a massive drought is affecting the lives of approximately 12.5 million people. It has been described as the worst in 60 years and thousands are flocking to Dadaab—a sprawling complex comprising five refugee camps in northeastern Kenya.

September 21, 2011 - 
The world must put people’s lives before politics if is to stand any chance of aiding people suffering from the famine in Somalia, a group of 20 aid agencies said today in an open letter.
September 21, 2011 - 
It’s late August and Faduma Ahmed Mohamed, a 19-year-old woman from Somalia, emerges from a gate at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport concealed in gray scarves; even her hands are covered.
August 28, 2011 - 
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.
August 26, 2011 - 
Rashida Jones rubs shoulders with Nicole Richie while celebrating the launch of Charlotte Ronson Beauty exclusively at Sephora on Tuesday (August 23) at Il Sole in West Hollywood.
August 22, 2011 - 
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.
August 22, 2011 - 
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.
August 16, 2011 - 
Once more a catastrophe is unfolding in the Horn of Africa and we’re transfixed by pictures of haunted faces and distended bellies, of huddles of humanity slumped in the sand, stoically waiting for help.