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"Water is life"
Watch the stories of Fozia Ahmed Karshe and Hawa Ali Ibrahim; they are linchpins of their community, teaching people how to keep their water clean, and managing the water points within the displaced...
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IRC aiding survivors of deadly Thailand refugee camp fire
Photo: IRC The IRC is providing aid to survivors of a fire at a refugee camp in Thailand that killed 37 people on Friday. The fire destroyed hundreds of makeshift huts at Ban Mae Surin camp, which is...
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Inside a Thailand refugee camp with Sarah Wayne Callies
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC What is life like in the refugee camps strung along Thailand's border with Myanmar? Last year actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies visited some of these camps and shared her...
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Angelina Jolie and William Hague visit IRC programs for women in Congo
Photo: Crown Copyright/MOD/LA(Phot) Iggy Roberts Yesterday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague and actress Angelina Jolie visited a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where...
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Dadaab Stories: Inside the world's largest refugee camp
Explore DADAAB STORIES, an online multimedia experience just launched by our partner FilmAid International. Video, poetry, music, radio, community journalism and blogs tell personal stories from the...
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David Miliband named next IRC president
Today the IRC announced that David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, would succeed George Rupp as our president and CEO in September. David MillibandToday the International...
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Photo Share: Cash in hand, Lebanon
Photo: Rebecca Blum/IRC Naget fled shelling in the Syrian city of Homs ten months ago. In February her family became one of the first to join the IRC’s cash distribution program, which provides debit...
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The IRC mourns the loss of colleague killed in Thailand refugee camp fire
Photo: IRC The IRC is saddened to report that La Say Paw, a laboratory technician with the IRC’s refugee partner organization, the Karenni Health Department, was killed on March 22 in the blaze that...
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Helping children in Mali's embattled North
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The IRC is stepping up its support of children in the embattled Gao and Mopti regions of northern Mali, organizing programs for over 2,500 war-affected children in an area still...
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"The Walking Dead" star Sarah Wayne Callies on the plight of Syrian refugees
"The Walking Dead" star Sarah Wayne Callies gives a firsthand account of her visit to a refugee camp with the International Rescue Committee in her capacity as an IRC Voice. Watch now and please share...
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IRC steps up aid in fire-ravaged Thailand refugee camp
Photo: IRC To prevent an outbreak of disease, the IRC is providing desperately-needed drinking water to residents in the fire-ravaged Ban Mae Surin camp on the Thailand-Myanmar border. Donate Now:...
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March is deadliest month yet in Syria's civil war
Photo: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters, Courtesy of Thomson Reuters Alertnet AMMAN, Jordan A Syrian watchdog group says more Syrians died in March than in any previous month since the start of fighting there...
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Meet Students Rebuild award winner Margaret Barnard
Congratulations to Margaret Barnard, winner of the Half the Sky / Students Rebuild Award for her tireless, inspiring work to protect and empower women and girls in her community in Sierra Leone. Join...
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Women in Congo: Watch our archived webcast
Congo is often described as one of the worst places in the world to be a woman, because of its high rates of maternal mortality and sexual assault and other serious threats to women and girls. But...
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Community health volunteers provide crucial care in South Sudan
Photo: Terah Edun/IRC On World Health Day (April 7), meet two IRC-trained volunteer health workers -- Elizabeth Abuamou and Nyadeng Lual -- who are providing care for children in their own communities...
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IRC providing lifesaving support inside Syria
So little can mean so much Photo: IRC Pairs of socks, plastic sheeting, duct tape, blankets and boots are included in the close to 70,000 emergency kits the IRC has distributed through its Syrian...
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Central African Republic: Food crisis looms in coup’s aftermath
Photo: Christopher Scott/IRC Looters are creating chaos in the Central African Republic (CAR) following last month's coup, putting what is already one of the world's poorest countries on the brink of...
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Help for a young hero after Thailand refugee camp fire
Photo: Garrett Kostin/The Best Friend Library When fire swept through the Ban Mae Surin camp on March 22, thirteen-year old Sha Nay Htoo’s immediate reaction was not to flee the flames, but to help...
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Hard living in the city
Hard living in the city Malaysia is home to one of the largest urban refugee populations in the world. Refugees live in constant fear of arrest, abuse and detention; they struggle to find work and are...
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Our New Roots web series named a Webby Awards Honoree
We're thrilled to announce that our 9-episode web series, "New Roots in the Bronx," has just been selected as an Official Honoree in the 17th Annual Webby Awards! Meet the Gardeners: New Roots in the...
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