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Photo Share: Tsunami in Japan, four years later
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC March 11 marks the fourth anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, leaving thousands dead and more than half a million...
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Turn the lights back on in Syria
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Satellite images show that 83 percent of the lights have gone out in Syria since the conflict began in 2011, plunging streets, homes and hospitals into darkness. With...
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The world is failing Syria
Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison/IRC A new report released by twenty-one aid agencies, including the IRC, says world leaders have failed to alleviate the suffering of civilians in Syria. “The UN...
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Syria: Humanitarian Crisis - 4 Years On [STORIFY]
Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison/IRC The Syrian conflict is gripping the Middle East in a humanitarian disaster. Hear from IRC aid workers, our partners and others who are responding to and...
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Bringing comic relief to children in crisis
Header Image Photo: Timea Fauszt/IRC Three clowns performed for families in northern Jordan. The theatrical performances, held in health clinics and refugee homes, provided a brief escape from the...
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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 1879, Albert Einstein, father of modern physics and founder of the IRC, was born. Learn more about Einstein and the IRC's...
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Quoted: Working to bring Ebola to zero
Header Image Photo: Lucy Carrigan/IRC The IRC's Lucy Carrigan shares her impression of the people she met in Sierra Leone and Liberia who are working to ensure that once they see Ebola out the door,...
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A future career in public health for displaced Burmese
Header Image Photo: IRC For the first time, the IRC is providing an academically accredited health training program for displaced Burmese living in Thailand. For the first time, the International...
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Send a light to Syria
Header Image Photo: 2014 E. van de Sande, WakaWaka For every $25 gift to the IRC, our partner WakaWaka will send a solar light to a Syrian family in need. For every $25 gift to the International Rescue...
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A mother opens her arms to Syria’s orphans
Header Image Photo: Martin Edström Kulsoom Rizvi Despite the daily hardships of her new life as a refugee, Jamalat, 43, has sought ways to help others less fortunate than she has been. Learning of the...
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World Water Day: New wells provide relief for thirsty villagers and Nigerian...
Header Image Photo: Edmond Suluku/IRC Already struggling to provide clean water to their own people, villages in Niger are now hosting Nigerian refugees. The IRC is building wells to ensure that...
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Quoted: U.S. must do more to ease Syrians’ suffering
Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison/IRC IRC president David Miliband says it is well past time for the United States and other Western countries to commit to a dramatic boost in the resettlement of...
View ArticleThe IRC statement on confirmed case of Ebola in Liberia's capital
Confirmation today of a new case of Ebola in Monrovia—the first in 17 days—re-emphasizes the need for strict infection prevention control at all health clinics and hospitals in Liberia. NEW...
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Photos: The right to water
The Right to Water Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC In 2014 alone, the IRC reached 3.3 million people whose lives have been affected by conflict with access to clean drinking water and sanitation...
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Interactive 360: Inside the IRC’s work aiding Syrian refugees in Jordan
INTERACTIVE: The IRC’s work in Jordan Header Image Photo: IRC Explore panoramas of the IRC’s work in refugee camps and cities in Jordan where more than 600,000 Syrian refugees have sought safety....
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How one man and a community helped curb the spread of Ebola
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Alpha Tamba, a physician assistant from the village of Gbandu in Liberia, joined the fight against Ebola through a local IRC partner organization, Pentecostal Mission...
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Humanitarian crisis on the border: The plight of unaccompanied children
Humanitarian crisis on the border Header Image Photo: Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American–Statesman/AP Some 60,000 unaccompanied children fleeing violence in Central America crossed the U.S. border last...
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IRC Annual Report: Message from the Co-Chairs of the IRC Board and Overseers
Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison/IRC The Co-Chairs of the IRC Board and Overseers introduce the IRC's latest annual report in a message to supporters. Hear from Sarah O'Hagan, Thomas Schick and...
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IRC Annual Report: Message from the President
Header Image Photo: Umer Farooq/IRC David Miliband David Miliband, IRC President and CEO, presents the IRC annual report for 2014, a year in which the IRC provided vital aid to a record 17.6 million...
View ArticleThe IRC temporarily suspends its programs in Yemen due to escalating violence
The IRC has been forced to temporarily suspend its programs in southern Yemen, but is looking at ways to meet new emergency needs amid new waves of violence. NEW YORK—As the ongoing conflict in Yemen...
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