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IRC honors George Soros at 2013 Freedom Award Dinner [Video]
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC NEW YORK The IRC hosted our annual Freedom Award Dinner last night, raising almost $3.5 million to support our lifesaving humanitarian aid work around the world. The event...
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Freedom Award: Honoring George Soros
Photo: IRC On November 6 the IRC honored businessman and philanthropist George Soros with the Freedom Award for contributions to the cause of freedom worldwide that have been far reaching, creative...
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Photo: Reuters The IRC has dispatched an emergency team to the Philippines to launch an urgent response to the humanitarian catastrophe wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan. The super storm struck the country on...
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Emergency relief backgrounder: Typhoon Haiyan
IRC The devastation left by Typhoon Haiyan is a humanitarian catastrophe. The IRC is on the ground in the Philippines mobilizing an emergency response that will initially focus on clean water, health...
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World Pneumonia Day: Counting breaths, saving lives
Photo: Yolanda Barbera/IRC Worldwide, pneumonia kills more children under the age of five than any other cause. Learn how two simple tools -- a timer and a string of beads -- are lifesavers in the...
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Typhoon Haiyan survivors' most urgent need: clean water
Photo: Reuters The situation in the Philippines is becoming increasingly desperate in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, with food and water supplies running low. The IRC's first priorities: providing clean...
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Crisis spotlight: Syria
Photo: Melissa Winkler/IRC As the IRC mobilizes our crisis response in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, we continue to respond to many other humanitarian emergencies around the world....
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"Keep her safe"
Helping protect women and girls in emergencies is as lifesaving as food, water and shelter. Get Twitter updates from IRC staff and partners in our Storify story. The IRC helps girls gain knowledge,...
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Anatomy of an emergency response
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Since its founding in 1933, the IRC has responded to nearly every major global humanitarian crisis, including Typhoon Haiyan. Here's a look at how we deliver rapid, lifesaving...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Six days after the disaster
"With so many people living in the open at close quarters, we are fighting against the clock to protect survivors and prevent the spread of disease," says IRC emergency response director Bob Kitchen....
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Quoted: 'Returning refugees from Kenya will destabilize Somalia'
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC On a recent visit to Kenya, I met with refugees in a densely populated urban area in Nairobi and in the Dadaab refugee camp. Many told me they would like to return to Somalia one...
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Typhoon Haiyan international relief efforts
Sharon Waxman, the IRC's vice president of public policy and advocacy, was interviewed on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this weekend on the IRC’s response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Watch...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Inside the IRC’s emergency response
Photo: Reuters In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, the IRC is focusing on urgent water, sanitation, hygiene and health needs in the Philippines -- along with programs that will put some money back into...
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Photo Share: Children's Day
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC Today, a photo share in honor of Universal Children's Day (Nov. 20): Children attend classes in a new school building, constructed as part of a large IRC development project in...
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Typhoon update: a neglected front [Video]
AP Photo/Bullit Marquez Backed by an outpouring of contributions from our committed supporters, the IRC has launched an emergency response in the Western Visayas region, a neglected front in the...
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Great resilience, urgent needs in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan [Photos]
Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC The Philippines' Western Visayas suffered a direct hit from Typhoon Haiyan, but relief efforts have been slow or absent. Fanning out across this neglected crisis zone, the IRC's...
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The living legacy of JFK
Photo: NASA On the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, IRC president David Miliband reflects on JFK's "practical humanity" and honors a legacy that includes the Peace Corps and a...
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Profile in courage
Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC An IRC first responder in the Philippines talks about the difficulties and satisfactions of bringing emergency aid to people in extreme need, often in unthinkable conditions. An...
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IRC collaborates on multimedia information service to help Syrians access...
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC The Tawasul multimedia project, which translates as “Connection,” will address the widely reported problem of Syrians struggling to access readily available information about how...
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Small villages after Typhoon Haiyan: "We need help to rebuild"
Photo: Tyler Jump/IRC With so much focus on the devastation in larger coastal cities, many Filipino families in small villages remain in dire need after Typhoon Haiyan. The IRC is keeping these...
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