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Fri, 15/02/2013 - 16:43
By Sarah Wayne Callies
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies is a long-time supporter of the International Rescue Committee. After writing about her experiences visiting IRC programmes in Thailand and the United States, she is turning her...
Fri, 15/02/2013 - 16:35
From Bukavu to Brooklyn, a roundup of International Rescue Committee staff, supporters and members of the communities we serve participating in #1BillionRising events on February 14, the 15th anniversary of the V-Day movement to end violence against...
Wed, 13/02/2013 - 11:39
By Sarah Wayne Callies
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies is a long-time supporter of the International Rescue Committee. After writing about her experiences visiting IRC programmes in Thailand and the United States, she is turning her...
Wed, 30/01/2013 - 18:36
By Sarah Wayne Callies
Actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies is a long-time supporter of the International Rescue Committee. After writing about her experiences visiting IRC programmes in Thailand and the United States, she is turning her...
Wed, 30/01/2013 - 10:22
As the Syria region spirals further into crisis, donor countries meeting at a pledging conference in Kuwait today must urgently ramp up humanitarian aid for millions of desperate Syrians, says the International Rescue Committee.
“The...
Sat, 26/01/2013 - 14:08
BAMAKO, Mali - The escalation of armed conflict in Mali is having grave consequences for civilians already suffering the effects of political instability, mass displacement and severe food shortages.
Nine months of fighting between Malian...
Wed, 23/01/2013 - 15:21
By Jerotich Seii Houlding, International Rescue Committee country director in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — When she learned last month that all refugees in Kenya’s cities were being ordered to relocate to camps hundreds of miles away, Mariam...
Tue, 22/01/2013 - 17:36
Nearly two years after the start of what has become a full fledged civil war, the crisis in Syria threatens the entire Middle East with a humanitarian disaster. It is estimated that more than four million Syrians are now in dire need of assistance...
Mon, 21/01/2013 - 16:57
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - When a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 – killing more than 200,000 people and leaving some 1.5 million homeless – the International Rescue Committee immediately dispatched our emergency...
Mon, 14/01/2013 - 17:44
Article: Alina Potts, Photography: Peter Biro/The IRC
ARSAAL, Lebanon - A group of girls sits on cushions on the floor, warming themselves by the diesel stove. It’s cold in this high mountain village near the border with Syria, but they leave...