What’s yellow, black and tantalising?
What’s yellow, black and tantalising? Alyoscia D'Onofrio The Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium has started to publish baseline survey reports for Uganda, Nepal and Pakistan, with more in the...
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Sanitation and Safety: The IRC helps women feel safe as they take care of...
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC IRC engineers consult with local communities to locate latrine and bathing facilities in areas where women and girls will feel safe using them, and then build them to...
View ArticleWorld Refugee Day 2014 - join us!
On June 20, 2014 the International Rescue Committee will join the United Nations in recognizing the strength and resilience of refugees for World Refugee Day. IRC offices across the United States are...
View ArticleCrisis in Iraq: Hundreds of thousands flee attacks on cities
The IRC is deeply concerned by events in Mosul and elsewhere in Iraq. “The humanitarian crisis in Iraq, beyond the headlines of violent attacks, can no longer be ignored,” we said in a statement...
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Inside the Syrian crisis: IRC health clinics in Jordan [Video]
Header Image Two years ago today, the IRC opened two clinics in northern Jordan, in the cities of Mafraq and Ramtha. Both cities, situated near the Syrian border, have faced an influx of urban refugees...
View ArticleEmpowering survivors: honoring Séraphine Musanga of Congo
Hear from 2014 InterAction Humanitarian Award winner Séraphine Nsekanabo Musanga, who works with an IRC-supported grassroots organization in an area of eastern Congo that has endured years of conflict...
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Voices of Women in Central African Republic [Video]
Header Image These are the voices of women in the Central African Republic. Since 2013 the already unstable country has descended into chaos and become engulfed by sectarian violence. Approximately...
View ArticleWalking The Walk On Local Ownership
Walking The Walk On Local Ownership Like many other agencies, the IRC is revisiting our mission, reassessing our programming, and re-envisioning our own role in development processes. But, not far...
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David Miliband in South Sudan
Header Image BBC David Miliband spent last weekend traveling in South Sudan to meet with uprooted families being assisted by the IRC and with members of the IRC staff who are carrying out these...
View ArticleThis Week's Rescue Roundup
This week's roundup includes striking photos from Ban Mae Surin camp in Thailand, an update on IRC's New Roots program and a new post from our Acting, Fast & Slow blog. [View the story "Weekly...
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Champion dad
Header Image Photo: Valine Moraa/IRC Andrew Kusimba, father of two and community leader in Kenya, recently took part in a groundbreaking workshop that aims to engage “champion” men who will raise...
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IRC increasingly concerned by violence in Iraq: hundreds of thousands of...
Header Image The International Rescue Committee is increasingly concerned about the news of violence from Tal Afar, Iraq, from where up to 3,000 people have fled to neighboring Sinjar, to the west of...
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The market-based future of humanitarian logistics
The market-based future of humanitarian logistics Radha Rajkotia Whether it is analyzing the capacity of local markets or implementing voucher programs (where aid agencies contract local traders or...
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South Sudan: marking six months of conflict
Header Image Photo: IRC Sunday marked six months since the start of the conflict in South Sudan. The IRC continues to respond. Get updates from IRC aid workers and others in our South Sudan Storify...
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Day of the African Child 2014: new IRC photos on Twitter
Header Image The IRC is marking the Day of the African Child (June 16) on Twitter by sharing the words and photos of children in some of the countries where we work. This year, the celebration is...
View ArticleIraq crisis: Latest aid worker updates
Header Image Photo: IRC Hundreds of thousands of people have fled new violence in Iraq and many have sought sanctuary in the northern Kurdish region. Follow our Iraq Crisis Storify feature to get the...
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Iraqis displaced by violence endure "deplorable" conditions
Header Image Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images As many as 500,000 men, women and children have fled their homes during the past week in the wake of escalating violence in Iraq. The IRC is visiting...
View ArticleReuniting torn refugee families: World Refugee Day 2014
Header Image Photo: Matija Kovac/The IRC Read Halima's story part of the global campaign, “1Family torn apart is too many,” in conjunction with 2014 World Refugee Day. “1Family torn apart is too many”...
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Fleeing violence in Nigeria: photos, updates [Storify]
Header Image In Niger, the IRC is providing emergency support to thousands of Nigerian refugees fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency that has plagued the region. IRC country director Matias Meier shares...
View ArticleWorld Refugee Day 2014 - join us!
June 20 is World Refugee Day. IRC offices across the United States and around the world are honoring the resilience and courage of refugees with a variety of events throughout the month of June....
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