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Cash helps Syrian refugees to survive
Header Image Photo: Ned Colt/IRC Most Syrian refugees in Lebanon can’t afford rent, to buy food and fuel, or pay for schooling for their children. The IRC provides cash assistance, accessed through...
View ArticleCrisis Watch: Breaking news from IRC aid workers [Storify]
The IRC is responding with emergency assistance after a deadly attack on a Kenyan university campus that claimed 147 lives and a landslide in Burundi that made thousands of people homeless. The...
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The IRC is providing medical care for students injured in Kenya attack
Header Image Dai Kurokawa/European Pressphoto Agency The IRC is providing immediate medical care for those who have been injured in the horrific attack on students at Garissa University College in...
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A call for more humanitarian aid in Afghanistan [QUOTED]
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Responding to a recent New York Times editorial on Afghanistan's future, IRC president David Miliband says it is essential to provide assistance to the millions of...
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Garissa Attack: Gripping eyewitness account from an IRC first responder
Eyewitness account from an IRC first responder on Garissa attack Header Image Photo: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images Reuben Nyaora was part of an IRC ambulance team that rushed from the Dadaab refugee...
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U.S. must meet the needs of vulnerable Syrian refugees for resettlement
Syrian refugees reach “breaking point” Header Image Photo: Meredith Hutchison/IRC The war in Syria has caused extreme trauma and suffering for survivors, especially children and youth. The IRC, along...
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Photo Share: Remembering Rwanda, 21 years later
Photo Share: Remembering Rwanda Header Image Photo: IRC Over the course of a hundred days beginning April 7, Rwanda suffered through one of the fastest moving genocides of the 20th century. Take a...
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From farm to plate: nutritious food from refugee farmers [WORLD HEALTH DAY]
Photo: World Health Day 2015 Header Image Photo: Jean-Philippe Dobrin/IRC It is estimated that two million deaths occur every year from unsafe food and drinking water. For World Health Day on April 7,...
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Women in rural Myanmar lead the conversation on family planning
Women in rural Myanmar lead the conversation on family planning Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Peter Biro In rural Myanmar, family planning is often frowned upon by conservative community members...
View ArticleW(h)ither the Humanitarian Code of Conduct?
Alyoscia D'Onofrio Over the past few months, I’ve bumped into the code in a number of contexts, from discussions in preparation for the World Humanitarian Summit at the 2014 ECHO Annual Partners...
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Fire leaves 700 people homeless in Thailand refugee camp; the IRC responds
Fire leaves 700 people homeless in Thailand refugee camp Header Image Photo: UNHCR Peter Biro Nearly 200 houses were destroyed in a fire that broke out in the Ban Mai Nai Soi camp in Thailand on April...
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Fleeing violence in Nigeria: photos, updates [STORIFY]
Header Image In Nigeria and Niger, the IRC is providing emergency support to thousands of people fleeing a violent insurgency that has plagued the region. IRC country director Matias Meier is tweeting...
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Trapped in the north: A mother escapes Nigeria’s violence
A mother escapes Nigeria’s violence Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Peter Biro After her husband was killed by Boko Haram last year, Gloria Ibrahim fled to Yola, Nigeria where she and her three...
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Trapped in the north: Escaping Nigeria's brutal violence
Escaping Nigeria's brutal violence Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Peter Biro The violence in Nigeria has triggered a humanitarian crisis in Nigeria and neighboring countries. Some 400,000 people...
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Meet the IRC educators who did not give up on Sierra Leone's children
Schools reopen in Sierra Leone for 1.8 million children Header Image Photo: Erika Perez-Leon/IRC This week, schools begin to reopen for the country’s 1.8 million schoolchildren: a sign of life edging...
View ArticleLooking in the aid mirror: Séverine Autesserre’s Peaceland
Looking in the aid mirror: Séverine Autesserre’s Peaceland Alyoscia D'Onofrio It seems to me that we can only improve the practices of aid by being more aware of how our actions and inactions are...
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Photos: The forgotten humanitarian crisis in Iraq
Photos: The forgotten humanitarian crisis in war-torn Iraq Header Image Photo: Sameer Saran/IRC Iraq has faced a tragic cycle of war and violence. Some 2.5 million people have been displaced in the...
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A voice for Syria’s children: IRC’s Mustafa Hassan named one of TIME’s 100...
IRC in Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people Header Image Photo: Alla Khanji/IRC Mustafa Hassan heads a team of 50 people at the IRC who provide care and shelter for more than 2,000 children who...
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Crisis in Nigeria: A mother's tragic tale [VIDEO]
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC After witnessing the death of fifteen relatives and neighbors, Gloria Ibrahim fled with her three small children to the city of Yola where an estimated 400,000 people...
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A mother’s strength to rebuild [Photo Share]
A mother’s strength to rebuild Header Image Photo: Emily Sernaker/The IRC Noella Tchekanabo, a Congolese refugee and mother of six, was determined to make the best life for her children. With the help...
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