Jargon Crimes in Aid, #2: 'Humanitarian'
Jargon Crimes in Aid, #2: 'Humanitarian' Alyoscia D'Onofrio This week’s jargon crime is around the use of the word "humanitarian". This word is used and abused in so many ways, some of which I’ve...
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200,000 refugees from Burundi awarded citizenship in Tanzania
Header Image Photo: Georgia B. Travers/IRC The IRC welcomes the award of full citizenship to Burundian refugees who fled to Tanzania in 1972. The IRC has been working with in Tanzania for over 20...
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Albert Einstein and the IRC's beginnings
Einstein and the IRC Header Image Photo: Library of Congress On this day in 1933, Albert Einstein, father of modern physics and founder of the IRC, arrived in the United States after fleeing...
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Entrepreneurship education bears fruit for a refugee and his family in...
Entrepreneurship education in Shimelba camp, Ethiopia Header Image Photo: Haftom Abrhaley/IRC On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we share a story about Mekonnen Tareka, a...
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This week's Rescue Roundup
Header Image Weekly Rescue Roundups highlight recent stories, photos, videos and commentary by the International Rescue Committee and its experts. [View the story "Weekly Rescue Roundups " on...
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Future-Proofing: How are we adapting to the new reality of urban displacement?
Future-Proofing: How are we adapting to the new reality of urban displacement? Header Image Photo: Andrew McConnell/Panos Pictures/IRC. Supported by the European Commission's Department for...
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Father of two leaves the comfort of home to help in the fight against Ebola
Father of two to help in the fight against Ebola Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Rick Neal, an aid worker from Ohio, is in Liberia to help the IRC set up a treatment center for Ebola patients. “As...
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The plight of unaccompanied children [IRC REPORT]
Header Image Photo: John Moore/Getty A new report shares what the IRC has learned about why children are fleeing Central America, what problems and needs they have upon arrival in the U.S., and what...
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Ebola in New York: Here are the facts [COMMENTARY]
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Intelligence, not panic, will win the fight against Ebola says the IRC's Dr. Emmanuel d'Harcourt. Even as a new case is confirmed in the U.S., it is important to...
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Fighting Ebola in Kenema: Audio diary from an IRC health worker
Fighting Ebola in Kenema Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC In his audio diary, IRC health worker Tamba Sam talks about the IRC’s prevention work in Kenema, Sierra Leone and how its the local...
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Ebola: Meet an aid worker on the front lines in West Africa [VIDEO]
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Emmanuel Boyah is the IRC's primary health manager in Liberia. On a daily basis he confronts the harsh reality of the Ebola outbreak in hard-hit Lofa County. "We know...
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This week's Rescue Roundup
Header Image Weekly Rescue Roundups highlight recent stories, photos, videos and commentary by the International Rescue Committee and its experts. [View the story "Weekly Rescue Roundups " on...
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Infusing some cognitive dissonance in the global development discourse
Infusing some cognitive dissonance in the global development discourse Header Image Future communicators and development practitioners seek to craft a new, more nuanced narrative. By Jennifer...
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Ebola: Meet an aid worker on the front lines in West Africa [VIDEO]
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Emmanuel Boyah is the IRC's primary health manager in Liberia. On a daily basis he confronts the harsh reality of the Ebola outbreak in hard-hit Lofa County. "We know...
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A day with Ebola’s gravediggers
A day with Ebola’s gravediggers Header Image Photo: Rachel Unkovic/IRC The IRC’s Alicia Fitzpatrick reports from King Tom Cemetery in Freetown, currently one of the two sites of all burials in the...
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View ArticleWhat’s beyond the tipping point on cash?
What’s beyond the tipping point on cash? Radha Rajkotia I recently returned from a trip to the UK and Geneva where I was able to share and discuss the findings from our impact evaluation on the...
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IRC President David Miliband on The Colbert Report [VIDEO]
IRC President David Miliband on The Colbert Report [VIDEO] Header Image Watch IRC President David Miliband on The Colbert Report talk about our lifesaving work around the world. read more
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IRC Voice Danielle de Niese turning education into a reality for Tanzania’s...
IRC Voice Danielle de Niese in Tanzania Header Image Photo: Lucy Carrigan/IRC Opera singer Danielle de Niese visited IRC's education work in Tanzania where she met some eager students with big dreams...
View ArticleNowhere to hide from sexual violence in South Sudan
Nowhere to hide from sexual violence in South Sudan Heidi Lehmann Last week’s comments by Zainab Bangura, UN Secretary General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict has shined a...
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