International Rescue Committee (IRC)

IRC Pakistan Director's Peshawar Diary on Time.Com

Afghanistan Emergency
Sigurd Hanson, the International Rescue Committee director in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Sigurd Hanson, the International Rescue Committee's director in Afghanistan and Pakistan, shares his experiences and observations about delivering humanitarian assistance in this time of crisis, with Time Magazine's Web site <www.time.com>.

"Peshawar Diaries ? Dispatches from aid worker Sigurd Hanson"

The IRC has been aiding Afghan refugees since 1980 with food aid, primary health care, shelter, education, water supply, sanitation, income-generation and protection programs.