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A second chance to learn in Congo
A second chance to learn in Congo April 16, 2013 In Congo, the IRC supports increased school enrollment and attendance by building and renovating school infrastructures, training teachers, covering...
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Take action: comprehensive immigration reform
Take action: comprehensive immigration reform With thousands of families being torn apart each year because of our badly broken immigration system, we simply cannot afford further delay. Now is the...
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Photo Share: Children caught in crisis, Syria
Photo Share: Children caught in crisis, Syria Photo: Peter Biro/IRC These two children are refugees who fled to Zaatri camp in northern Jordan to escape the ongoing conflict in Syria. The...
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New Roots on Earth Day
New Roots on Earth Day Photo: Sandy Huffaker/IRC April 21st is Earth Day, and we honor it today through New Roots, the International Rescue Committee's nationwide gardening, micro-enterprise and...
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IRC South Sudan Focuses on Immunizations, Health Care Education
IRC South Sudan Focuses on Immunizations, Health Care Education Photo: Terah Edun/IRC In South Sudan, the International Rescue Committee educates communities about the importance of health care and...
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IRC completes initial distribution of aid kits inside Syria
IRC provides 70,000 winter kits inside Syria Photo: IRC Syria The International Rescue Committee has distributed 70,000 specialized aid kits to those in need inside Syria. The International Rescue...
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Photo Share: World Malaria Day
Photo Share: World Malaria Day Photo: Sven Torfinn Today is World Malaria Day. Half the world’s population is at risk for malaria, an epidemic illness that claims one child every 45 seconds. But...
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Student group supports Syrian refugees
Student group supports Syrian refugees Photo: Abigail Ewart American University's chapter of Project Nur hosted a cultural fair to support the International Rescue Committee's work with Syrian...
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Video: Watch the IRC's first Google+ Hangout
Video: Watch the IRC's first Google+ Hangout Photo: IRC Yesterday, the International Rescue Committee hosted our first Google+ Hangout that gave an inside look into how IRC communications and media...
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IRC reuniting refugee families in Jordan
IRC Bringing refugee families together Photo: Peter Biro/IRC ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan The search for unaccompanied children continues through the night at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, where...
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Ugandan farmers reclaim killing fields to feed their families
As northern Uganda struggles to recover from the long and brutal LRA conflict, the IRC is reintroducing local agricultural traditions to a generation that grew up without them, and teaching older...
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Photos: Surviving camp life in Mogadishu
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Mohammed Musa suffers from tuberculosis and lives in an abandoned government ministry building in Mogadishu, Somalia. "We have almost no food and medicine," he told the IRC's...
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Saving today for a better tomorrow
Photo: Sophia Jones-Mwangi/IRC Cavine Akello sells traditional pancakes at a market stall in Kitgum, Uganda. An IRC program for young mothers helped her to save enough to open her business. Since the...
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“All I wanted was to be with my mother”
Photo: IRC Triphose was only 13 years old when she and her little sister became separated from their parents following election violence in Ivory Coast in 2010. She and her mother Genevievre share the...
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"Women, rise up"
Photo: Aisha Bain/IRC The women's collective Femmes Lèves-Toi (Women, Rise Up) is a force for change in eastern Congo, starting at the community level. The IRC's Aisha Bain recounts an inspiring...
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A Mother's Day gift that rescues lives
Every baby deserves a healthy start, but mothers living in crisis zones face life-threatening risks when trying to give birth. This Mother's Day, give a Safe Delivery Rescue Gift to a special mom in...
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A graduation day dream: teaching in Afghanistan
Photo courtesy of Hadya Abdul Satar For Hadya, her walk across the graduation stage this weekend at the University of Richmond is a validation of her family’s aspirations that date back to their...
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A refugee mother’s hope in Yida
Photo: Terah Edun/IRC “We’re on track to deliver more than 50 babies this week,” says Judith, head midwife for the IRC's women's health center at the Yida refugee settlement in South Sudan. “The...
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Photo Share: Flood relief in Nigeria
Photo: IRC/CISCOPE Last fall, Nigeria experienced record floods that forced some 2 million from their homes. The IRC has been providing returning families with safe water and sanitation, basic...
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Volunteer health workers give mothers in northern Uganda a lifeline
Photo: Sophia Jones-Mwangi/IRC Since 2009, the IRC has trained and equipped nearly 700 volunteers in northern Uganda to provide lifesaving health care to children in remote communities struggling to...
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