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The IRC in Ethiopia

From 1998 to 2000, Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a bloody war killing thousands and displacing over 600,000 people from the border areas. Ethiopia, a country afflicted by harsh climate, has struggled to cope not only with Eritrean refugees but also Sudanese fleeing civil war, and Somalians waiting for better conditions to return home.

How We Help

The IRC continues to expand our work with some 225,000 drought-affected Ethiopians and 45,000 Sudanese, Eritrean and Somali refugees in four refugee camps by providing water and sanitation, education and HIV/AIDS and reproductive health services. Our activities indirectly aid another 890,000 people.

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An IRC social worker visits Sudanese refugees in the Sherkole Refugee Camp, near the Sudan border, to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS.

Photo: Coutesy of Aaron Snipe
Where We Work


THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHILANTHROPY
GIVES THE IRC AN A.

THE FORBES INVESTMENT GUIDE NAMED THE IRC
ONE OF 10 GOLD STAR CHARITIES.

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IRC MEETS ALL 20 STANDARDS.


From Harm to Home.