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Building safe spaces for Early Childhood Education in Tanzania
Nyarugusu Camp in Northwestern Tanzania is home to over 66,000 people, providing refuge to Congolese and Burundians who fled fighting in their home countries since the 1990s. Many of the 40,000 children who live in Nyarugusu have spent their whole life in the camp. Prior to the IRC programme many of these children had no opportunity to go to school, and those who did had no access to proper facilities.
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- June 30, 2022
Too soon to turn away
The IRC recently spoke with people in the Central African Republic who felt they had no real participation in the country's peace process after years of war.
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- June 30, 2022
The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop: rescuing children's futures
The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop — the nonprofit, educational organisation behind Sesame Street — are working together to give millions of young refugees and other children in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and northern Iraq whose lives have been affected by war the support they need to learn, grow and thrive.
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- July 6, 2022
6 years of war in Syria: The faces behind the facts
Behind every statistic, there are thousands of stories. As the Syrian conflict enters its sixth year, we look at some of the most powerful.
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- June 30, 2022
IRC-UK launches groundbreaking multimedia project raising awareness of the plight of Urban Refugees
The challenges faced by the 6 million refugees now living in towns and cities across the world are captured in a new multimedia photo exhibition and film project launched in London this past week.
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- June 30, 2022
Why is the monsoon season so dangerous for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh?
Since August 2017, nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh, putting a huge strain on the country’s already limited resources. In addition, the Bay of Bengal region of South Asia is prone to devastating natural disasters, including monsoons.
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- June 30, 2022
Conditions inside Rakhine for Rohingya are increasingly grim
Rohingya refugees are risking their lives for a safe place to call home. 60 people drowned on Sep. 29 when a boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing from violence in Myanmar sank off the coast of Bangladesh.
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- June 30, 2022
“I came to Dadaab with my clothes and my mobile phone. Everything else I left behind.”
More than two years after the United Nations declared an official famine in Somalia, over one million people are still without adequate food, water, medical care and other essentials.
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- June 30, 2022
Ukraine: With health facilities under attack and people trapped at home, IRC warns of increased disease and preventable deaths
- Press Release
- July 14, 2022
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Our work The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and over 20 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people.
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