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Noted: Solar for Syria and the IRC on Upworthy [Video]
Header Image Photo: Solar for Syria New video featured on Upworthy: How solar lamps provided by the WakaWaka Foundation and the IRC have become an emergency essential for families uprooted by Syria's...
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Voices from South Sudan: “We don’t know where my dad is”
Header Image Photo: Sophia Jones-Mwangi/IRC Sophia Jones-Mwangi Samuel Malwony, 19, who attends high school in Uganda, had just returned home to South Sudan for Christmas break when fighting broke out....
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She's a girl - inside the IRC's Vision Not Victim Project
She's a girl Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison The IRC's Vision Not Victim Project enabled adolescent girls in Congo to envision a positive future for themselves, and by sharing their ambitions,...
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She's First: Yvette, Democratic Republic of Congo
Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison Yvette, 13, dreams of becoming a photographer. She says, "I love showing people their image ... giving them a glimpse of how they appear, how others see them, how...
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Quoted: Sexual violence biggest fear for women in Central African Republic
Header Image Photo: Christopher Scott/IRC “The severity of violence women and girls are experiencing is shocking," says IRC country director Sarah Terlouw. The IRC has remained in the Central African...
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International Women's Day
Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison "With a camera in hand, Yvette entered the scene. She was not miming a part, and remained completely herself, yet she was trying on her future." As we celebrate...
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She's First: Alliance, Democratic Republic of Congo
Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison "I want to teach because I want to help others realize their dreams," says Alliance, who hopes to become a professor of architecture. The IRC's Vision Not Victim...
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Join #WithSyria, three years into the crisis
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Beginning March 13, the IRC will be supporting and contributing to a global campaign called #WithSyria to mark the third anniversary of the start of the Syrian...
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David Miliband on the new Pakistan Reading Project [Video]
Header Image In a recent video interview, IRC president David Miliband explains how the IRC's new USAID-funded education program, the Pakistan Reading Project, fits in to the IRC's long history of work...
View ArticleHumanitarian aid: Understanding the tension between acting and analysis
Jeannie Annan I was recently in Lebanon to look at how we might rigorously evaluate our (not yet started) education program. As I talked with both staff and with our academic partner who was with me, I...
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"I Used to be a Nurse:" A Syrian mother adjusts to life as a refugee in Jordan
Making a new life as a refugee in Jordan Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC “I used to be a nurse,” says Leila, who is describing her journey from the besieged Syrian city of Homs to Mafraq in...
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The Syria crisis: 3 years in
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Three years after the outbreak of the Syria conflict, the threat of unspeakable violence and cruelty is a daily reality for women and girls who have fled their homes...
View ArticleIt’s not all about us: getting humanitarian accountability right
It’s not all about us: getting humanitarian accountability right Alyoscia D'Onofrio The Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) has just held its 29th...
View ArticleStemming the chaos in Central African Republic
Stemming the chaos in Central African Republic Natalie Eisenbarth While the humanitarian situation in Central African Republic demands attention – and must be adequately resourced with financial...
View ArticleHeavy rains a second blow for those already displaced by conflict in South Sudan
Early rains in South Sudan are catastrophic for the almost 710,000 people who have been displaced by the violence that has overrun the country since December. “Now it’s a race against time,” says the...
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Born on this day: Nobel Prize winner -- and refugee -- Albert Einstein
Header Image Photo: Library of Congress Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. Learn how the physicist and Nobel Prize winner -- a refugee from Nazi Germany -- played a crucial part in the IRC’s...
View ArticleEverybody loves cash, but who should get it?
Everybody loves cash, but who should get it? Radha Rajkotia The questions we need to be probing further are less about whether or not we should use cash programming in response to humanitarian crises...
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3 million Syrians cut off by violence: Urge Congress to help aid get through
Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison/IRC 2.5 million refugees created, 80% of them women and children. An estimated 140,000 people killed. Roughly 6.5 million Syrians displaced inside their own...
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Syria: the most technological emergency ever?
Syria: the most technological emergency ever? Header Image Photo: Emmanuel d'Harcourt/IRC Emmanuel d'Harcourt Iris scanners are just one component of what is becoming, in and around Syria and with...
View ArticleIncreasing youth employment in crisis-affected settings
Increasing youth employment in crisis-affected settings Jeannie Annan With young people three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and almost 73 million youth worldwide looking for work, we...
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