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Thu, 09/05/2013 - 14:44
By Sophia Jones-Mwangi/IRC
KITGUM, Uganda — Cavine Akello was a 17-year-old high-school student when she became pregnant with her son, Rwot Okonya Billgram, whose name means “God has helped me” in the Luo language of Uganda. Cavine...
Tue, 07/05/2013 - 11:39
Meet two families in South Central Somalia whose lives and communities have been improved through International Rescue Committee projects helping drought and famine survivors make a living. The projects receive support from ECHO, European...
Fri, 03/05/2013 - 14:11
"I had a hard time finding time to sit down with Iris. “We’re working 24/7,” she’d remind me when I’d called. “We have to be here for these children. That’s our priority.”
Iris Knuppel is...
Thu, 21/03/2013 - 16:14
“Water is life. If you don’t have water, you don’t have life,” says Fozia Ahmed Karshe. Fozia and Hawa Ali Ibrahim are both in their twenties and passionate about providing clean and safe water to their communities. I met...
Mon, 18/03/2013 - 10:36
By Ned Colt
As Syria’s devastating civil war enters its third year, the International Rescue Committee is providing support to tens of thousands of refugees and displaced Syrians. The IRC's Ned Colt, based in Amman, Jordan, shared his...
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...
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...
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...
Fri, 04/01/2013 - 10:08
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Thousands of people displaced by recent fighting in eastern Congo remain in limbo. Many were forced to flee their homes with only the clothes on their backs.
This week the International Rescue Committee delivered...