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Latest South Sudan crisis updates
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The IRC has launched an emergency response to the crisis in South Sudan, which has been pushed to the brink of civil war since fighting between government and rebel factions...
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IRC delivers solar lamps to communities left without power by Typhoon Haiyan
Photo: IRC In the Philippines, the IRC this week distributed 4,000 solar powered lamps in San Dionisio, a municipality on the island of Panay, where the IRC was among the first international...
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Four years after the Haiti earthquake, reuniting children with families
Photo: Susanna Ferreira/IEC Fifie was one of an estimated 200,000 children working as restaveks, a form of indentured labor that often results in abuse. Four years after the devastating earthquake,...
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Meeting Syrian humanitarian needs in 2014
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait There are children going hungry, elderly who struggle to stay warm, girls and women who have been raped, and men who have lost their dignity because they...
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An emergency essential in Syria
What's a WakaWaka? Ned Colt/IRC Amman, Jordan If grins can gauge popularity, the WakaWaka is clearly appreciated by displaced Syrians the IRC is supporting in the northern part of the country. In a...
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Open the door for Syrian refugees
Open the door for Syrian refugees Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Based on the growing need for large-scale resettlement of displaced Syrians, the IRC calls on the US and other countries to open their doors to...
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Ending Syrians' suffering [commentary]
Ending Syrians' suffering [commentary] Ned Colt/IRC On the eve of the Geneva II conference, IRC President David Miliband calls on key actors to address four issues and bring immediate humanitarian...
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The IRC rebuilds after devastating fires roar through Thailand refugee camps
Photo: IRC The International Rescue Committee has started to reconstruct destroyed water pipes, bathing facilities and latrines after a fire whipped through the Ban Mai Nai Soi camp on the...
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Caught in crisis [Video]
Caught in crisis [Video] Photo: Peter Biro/IRC From Syria to the Central African Republic, the IRC is reaching millions of men, women and children caught in crisis. Hear their stories. International...
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Syrian children in Lebanon warmer this winter, but needs are great
Photo: Ned Colt/IRC With two months of cold winter nights to come, the IRC and UNICEF have been working together to provide coats, sweaters and other clothing to protect refugee children from the...
View ArticleOn the ground in northern Ethiopia
New blog post from IRC president David Miliband, in Ethiopia: "I am here to get a ground-level view of what the policy papers and the headlines can only hint at: the human reality of conflict,...
View ArticleOn the ground in northern Ethiopia: Somali refugees
The Somali region of Ethiopia, tucked under Somaliland and adjoining Somalia, is the size of France and Germany combined, yet has a population of just 5 million. The local people depend on subsistence...
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Aid groups welcome cease fire in South Sudan, reaffirm commitment to help
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The IRC and 54 other aid groups working in South Sudan say they have been deeply alarmed at the scale of human suffering seen in the country in the past six weeks, and so welcome...
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Quoted: "Aleppo is to Syria what Sarajevo was to Bosnia"
"Aleppo is to Syria what Sarajevo was to Bosnia," writes IRC president David Miliband in an op-ed published in the Washington Post on the eve of the ongoing Geneva II peace conference. "If Syria is...
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Hope, opportunity and humanitarian challenges in Congo
David Miliband visits the DRC Photo: Tamara Leigh/IRC Visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time since 2008, IRC president David Miliband shares his perspective: "This huge,...
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Video: ATM cards help Syrian refugees get by
Almost 1,600 Syrian refugee and poor Lebanese families have received cash assistance from the IRC to help them survive month-to-month in the past year. The typical amount of monthly assistance is the...
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Salam Neighbor: Meet Um Ali
Photo: Living on One A Syrian refugee living in Zaatari camp in Jordan, Ali is now a teacher of arts and crafts at an IRC women's center. Our partners at Living on One met her, and here is their...
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Syria crisis: Photos and updates from aid workers
The IRC is providing support to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees as well as Syrians inside their war-torn country. Follow our Syria crisis story on Storify to get the latest from IRC aid...
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IRC shipping food rations into Syria
IRC shipping food rations into Syria Photo: Ned Colt/IRC The IRC and our Syrian partners have reached close to 1 million people in need inside Syria with medical care, medicine, clean water,...
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2013 Annual Report: See highlights from our lifesaving work
2013 Annual Report In 2013 the International Rescue Committee restored hope and opportunity for millions of conflict-affected people around the world. Read about our impact in the 2013 Annual Report....
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