Stories and Voices

Quoted: “If I were in Somalia..."

19 January 2012

If I were in Somalia, I would simply go to a traditional birth attendant and my chances of living would have been very slim. But here, I know I will get help and even if something bad comes up, they will be able to treat... More >

In Kenya, hope for people living with disabilities

4 January 2012

Kenya is home to hundreds of thousands of refugees, and the International Rescue Committee supports them and native Kenyans with clean water, health care and protection during emergencies, and with job training and education on legal rights and protections.

The IRC is the only provider... More >

IRC supporting women in the new Libya

14 November 2011

They are four young women, who, like so many others in post-Gaddafi Libya [More >

One house, three bedrooms, 24 kids

3 November 2011

Posted by Ned Colt

Near Tripoli, Libya - This young boy is one of more than two dozen children living in this three-bedroom home still under construction in Libya. While they have no plumbing, they are fortunate to have a roof over their heads. Their families... More >

IRC in Libya to help those who've fled fighting

25 October 2011

Near Tripoli, Libya - I’m seated on a garage floor in a village about 75 miles from Libya’s capital of Tripoli. “We are suffering,” says my host, but pushes me to accept a chunk of bread liberally smeared with canned tuna. Rajab is an English teacher from Tuarga, a poor city almost... More >

On location with Half the Sky

2 October 2011

By Melissa Winkler Freetown, Sierra Leone - The International Rescue Committee's Melissa Winkler is in Sierra Leone, on location with the film crew of Half the Sky, a documentary series to air in 2012 on abuses and inequities faced by women and girls around the... More >

Video: Volatile situation in East Africa

27 September 2011

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A day in Dadaab

23 September 2011

By Lobna Hadi Dadaab, Kenya - The worst drought to hit the Horn and East Africa in decades is driving tens of thousands of Somalis to seek help in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. Lobna Abdel Hadi, the International... More >

In drought-afflicted Turkana, Kenya, fresh water helps fill schools

21 September 2011

By Stefanie Pfeil Turkana, North Kenya - When a crisis strikes, maintaining vital services, such as education, can be incredibly challenging. Nowhere is this more true than in Turkana, a region of northwest Kenya which is suffering from one of the worst droughts of our... More >

Mothers’ stories of the drought

20 September 2011

By Milka Choge

Turkana, North Kenya - The International Rescue Committee has been scaling up our relief efforts to help people who have been affected by East Africa’s worst drought in decades. One of the places hit hardest by the drought is Turkana North, where most... More >

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