Rising floods in Myanmar leave 200,000 in need of aid; the IRC is responding
The IRC is assisting thousands of people affected by the devastating monsoon rains triggered by Cyclone Komen, which swept across Myanmar last week after making landfall in Bangladesh. More than...
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Monsoon rains in Pakistan have left more than one million people in need of food, clean water and shelter. The IRC is responding in one of the worst-hit areas, in Punjab province. Monsoon rains in...
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Three young brothers who survived Syria’s war get help battling a...
Header Image Meet three Syrian brothers: Mohamad, 17, Hussain, 13, and Hassan, 10, who suffer from a severe muscle disease that limits their mobility. The IRC is providing critical medication and...
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3 deadly diseases, 3 simple cures, 1 lifesaving solution
Header Image Every year, 6.3 million children under five die unnecessarily—an overwhelming majority due to preventable conditions and treatable infectious diseases. Every year, 6.3 million children...
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Danger follows Burundians fleeing crisis at home [QUOTED]
Header Image Photo: Anna Kim/IRC Burundian women and children fleeing from mounting political unrest in their home country have faced physical and sexual violence, threats, and separation from their...
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Syrian refugees in Greece: "We need to save ourselves" [VIDEO]
Header Image Three Syrian refugees who made their way to the Greek island of Lesbos describe their harrowing experiences in Syria and why they had to leave. Video with transcript. In interviews filmed...
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Cyclone Komen and heavy monsoon rains affect more than a million people in...
Header Image Photo: IRC Heavy monsoon rains and a tropical cyclone have claimed nearly 500 lives in six Asian countries this August, with Myanmar (also known as Burma) especially hard hit. IRC teams...
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135 volunteers, many refugees themselves, aid thousands in Jordan
Header Image Photo: Timea Faustz/IRC Kulsoom Rizvi Since the start of the crisis in Syria, Jordan has taken in large numbers of refugees, with many residing in the most remote areas in the north. Meet...
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Why South Sudan needs peace right now
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The latest delay facing peace talks in South Sudan may have serious consequences for civilians who are enduring their 20th month of a brutal civil war, the IRC and...
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Greek island at breaking point as refugee arrivals spike
Header Image Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC With some 2,000 people arriving on Lesbos, Greece each day, the dramatic surge in refugees in need of aid has stretched the island to a breaking point. With some...
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#ShareHumanity: The IRC commemorates humanitarians and volunteers
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC On World Humanitarian Day (August 19), the IRC celebrates the humanitarian spirit and pays tribute to aid workers and volunteers who have helped the world’s most...
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Meet George, an activist in Greece who cannot turn his back on the people of...
Header Image Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC The surge in refugees arriving this summer has given 33-year-old George Tyrikos the chance to repay a 70-year-old family debt to the people of Syria, where his...
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Hurricane Katrina, 10 years later
Header Image Photo: Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA, licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Only days after Hurricane Katrina destroyed a swath of the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the IRC dispatched...
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Refugee crisis in Greece [STORIFY]
Header Image Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC Follow our Greece refugee crisis Storify feature for updates from IRC aid workers, our partners, and others who are responding to and reporting on the crisis: Updated...
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Meet an 8-year-old hero who fights crime, even as he's fighting cancer
Header Image Photo: Patrick Sweeney On Aug. 21 the Boise Police Department swore in 8-year-old Rashid as an officer for a day, fulfilling the boy's dream to join the police force. Rashid has been...
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After Hurricane Katrina, starting over in Atlanta
Header Image Photo: The IRC In 2005, Albert Mbanfu, a refugee from Cameroon, started a new job with the IRC helping people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina relocate to Atlanta and find work. He...
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Casting a vote to improve the lives of Syrian refugees in Iraq [Photo Share]
Header Image Photo K. Hashem/IRC Zakia, 32, became the first woman elected as a representative in the Arbat refugee camp in northern Iraq to help address the concerns of Syrian refugees. The IRC...
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Peace deal is just a "first step" to end suffering in South Sudan
Header Image Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The IRC and three other humanitarian aid agencies working in South Sudan say today's peace deal is only the beginning of a long, hard journey toward peace and...
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Back on their feet: How the IRC helped Katrina evacuees to relocate
Header Image Photo: IRC On a bright and sunny day, some two weeks after Hurricane Katrina ravaged America’s Gulf Coast, a bus pulls into Atlanta’s Greyhound station carrying a Louisiana family in...
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What is a refugee? What is a migrant? Inside the humanitarian crisis in Europe
Header Image Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC In recent months, more than 340,000 people have attempted the dangerous journey to Europe to escape from brutal conflicts in places like Syria. But there’s been...
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