VOICES FROM THE FIELD THE IRC BLOG
Every day, IRC humanitarian workers are rescuing lives. Here, they offer a glimpse of their experiences, the challenges they face and the courageous people they meet by sharing videos, photos and stories.
Posted by Anne.Richard on September 3rd, 2010
Congress may have been in recess, but two prestigious organizations used the dog days of summer to call attention to the tragic flooding in Pakistan and to appeal for greater amounts of relief aid. IRC leaders participated in both discussions and both were well-attended, despite summer usually being a quiet time in New York and Washington. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Pakistan | Tags: humanitarian aid, natural disasters, Pakistan floods | 0 Comments
Posted by Kate.SandsAdams on September 3rd, 2010
When Albert Mbanfu fled Cameroon and found political asylum in the United States in 2005, he soon found work with the IRC's Atlanta office. His new job was not aiding refugees from war-torn countries, however, but helping people from the Gulf Coast who had lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina relocate to Atlanta and find work. He spoke with me last week about his experience as "a displaced person helping displaced people." more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: refugees, Hurricane Katrina | 0 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on September 2nd, 2010
Fleeing persecution, her refugee Ethiopian family was resettled 20 years ago in Georgia by the IRC. Today Naima Abdullahi, an employment specialist with the IRC’s Atlanta office, wants to be sure her American born son Teso, 12, understands his family’s origins. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: refugees, resettlement, StoryCorps | 0 Comments
Posted by Kate.SandsAdams on September 2nd, 2010
Elhamija Kadic fled war and persecution in Bosnia in 1992 and came to the United States with the help of the IRC. Today she works for the IRC in Atlanta helping other refugees from war-torn countries. When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, she helped coordinate the IRC's response. She spoke with me last week about that experience. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: refugees, natural disasters, Hurricane Katrina | 0 Comments
Posted by Kate.SandsAdams on August 31st, 2010
An IRC summer program in New York helps young people who grew up in war zones and refugee camps adjust to life and education in the United States. more »
Posted in US - New York, NY | Tags: children, refugees, resettlement, education | 1 Comments
Posted by Peter.Biro on August 30th, 2010
The Mae Tao clinic, on the outskirts of the town of Mae Sot in northeastern Thailand, is the only source of medical care for thousands of Burmese along the volatile Thailand-Myanmar border. I visited the Mae Tao clinic this spring and took these photos. more »
Posted in Health, Thailand | Tags: humanitarian aid, Burmese refugees, myanmar, Thailand, photos | 0 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on August 27th, 2010
Photographer Jim Stawniak was on hand in fall 2005 when two families who lost homes to Hurricane Katrina -- Lola Freeman's from New Orleans and Vu Lam's from Biloxi, Mississippi -- moved into the new apartments the IRC found for them in Atlanta. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: emergencies, natural disasters, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Atlanta | 0 Comments
Posted by Peter.Biro on August 25th, 2010
One year ago the Pakistani military launched an offensive to drive Taliban militants from Pakistan’s Swat Valley. More than two million people fled the fighting, provoking a massive humanitarian crisis. Now, the worst floods in Pakistan’s history have created even greater destruction and displacement. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Pakistan | Tags: humanitarian aid, Swat, photos, Pakistan flooding | 3 Comments
Posted by Kate.SandsAdams on August 24th, 2010
My IRC colleague Sarah Long just shared this link to an article from Wired Science, saying: “Scroll down to see the map of the Pakistan flood region overlaid on a map of the US. Floods don't have political or religious affiliations, and this thing is the size of the US eastern seaboard.” more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Pakistan | Tags: Pakistan, Pakistan flooding, maps, what we're reading | 0 Comments
Posted by Peter.Biro on August 24th, 2010
Here are some photos I took in the southernmost province of Sindh, where people continue to stream into urban centers and camps as the flood water rises. An estimated 3.6 million people have been made homeless by the deluge in Sindh province alone. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Pakistan | Tags: humanitarian aid, Pakistan, natural disasters, Pakistan monsoon | 0 Comments
