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Nepal: A Perilous Journey to Health
Culturally rich and ethnically diverse Nepal is one of the world's poorest countries. It is plagued by high rates of malnutrition and disease and has poor quality health facilities. Thanks to funding from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid office, the International Rescue Committee developed a project to restore and strengthen Nepal's health facilities, deliver much needed drugs and supplies to its clinics, provide training to volunteer health workers, and help communities develop and manage their healthcare programs.
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The Diamond Mines [A Week in West Africa - 6 of 9]
In one life-changing week in Liberia and Sierra Leone International Rescue Committee donors Jennifer and Peter Buffett met former child soldiers,survivors of sexual violence and families driven from their homes by war. Jennifer and Peter learned how IRC staff are working to improve the lives of citizens and help them realize a more promising future.
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Researching Deaths to Save Lives: IRC's Dr. Rick Brennan on the Congo Crisis
Conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken 5.4 million lives since 1998, according to a survey just released by the International Rescue Committee. That's equivalent to the entire population of Denmark or the state of Colorado perishing within a decade. In fact, it's the greatest loss of life in any conflict since World War II -- and the numbers keep rising. As many as 45,000 people are dying each month.
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5,400,000 - Photographs by Marcus Bleasdale
A new IRC survey has found that 5,400,000 people have died from war-related causes in Congo since 1998 – the world’s deadliest documented conflict since WW II. The vast majority died from non-violent causes such as malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia and malnutrition—easily preventable and treatable conditions when people have access to health care and nutritious food. These conditions took the highest toll on children, who accounted for nearly half of the recorded deaths, despite constituting only 19% of the total population. Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale tells the story of the conflict and its aftermath.
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Sahar Adish: The Power of an Afghan Girl's Education
Since 1980, the International Rescue Commttee has helped nearly 7,000 Afghans start new lives in the U.S. A shining example of the resettled Afghan story-and the power of a girl's education-is Sahar Adish.
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Joyce Wanican - "Scholars Under the Trees"
Joyce Wanican, the International Rescue Committee's education program manager in northern Uganda, welcomes IRC supporters to the 2007 Freedom Award Dinner in New York and shares this story: She was working with the IRC, training teachers at a refugee camp when rebel troops came through. She lost her home and all her posessions. All her students fled with their families--and almost had to miss the all-important national exams. But Joyce wouldn't let that happen. She successfully appealed to the government of Uganda to reschedule the test. She found all her students at another refugee camp, 65 miles away, and asked them to go back to school the next morning and start studying. "Every big tree in the camp became a classroom," she said. "We had no time to waste." Despite everything, Joyce's students' exams came back with the "best results ever."
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Sahar: Before the Sun
To Sahar Adish and her family, education is not only a right, but a duty. So when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan and forbade girls from learning and women from teaching, she and her mother set up a secret school in their home. Now 19, Sahar is not only a premedical student at the University of Virginia, but a Peabody award winner for her documentary film which tells the story of their flight to freedom. Here's an except from the documentary. Check back soon for video of Sahar sharing her family's story at the 2007 International Rescue Committee Freedom Award Dinner in New York.
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Tom Brokaw in Rwanda. Part 4
Traveling to Rwanda was a very special experience for me. Not only did I have the chance to learn about the IRC's programs through the eyes of NBC newsman and co-chairman of the IRC Overseers Tom Brokaw, I was also returning to the country where I began my IRC experience eight years ago. Back in '98, Rwamagana Orphanage was just finishing its work tracing and placing orphans of the genocide with relatives and foster families. Today, the IRC is helping at-risk youth build vibrant futures.
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International Rescue Committee - FREEDOM
For 75 years, the International Rescue Committee has brought refugees from harm to home. Robert Redford narrates this video introducing you to courageous IRC workers from Sudan, Chechnya, Afghanistan and the United States, who share what freedom means to them and how they are helping people uprooted by war. This video debuted at the IRC Freedom Award Dinner on November 7, 2007.
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With Tom Brokaw in Rwanda - Part 3
From the IRC's Emily Holland: Traveling to Rwanda was a very special experience for me. Not only did I have the chance to learn about the IRC's programs through the eyes of NBC newsman and co-chairman of the IRC Overseers Tom Brokaw, I was also returning to the country where I began my IRC experience eight years ago.
Visiting Radio Izuba, which the IRC helped get on the air, was an inspirational experience. Peacebuilding dialogue, like that which is being broadcast over its airwaves, was inconceivable when I worked in Rwanda in '99. It was great to see Mr. Brokaw in action, too. Here, the radio announcers turn their microphones on him and ask for his impressions of the country’s progress.
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With Tom Brokaw in Rwanda, Part 2
From the IRC's Emily Holland: Traveling to Rwanda was a very special experience for me. Not only did I have the chance to learn about the IRC's programs through the eyes of NBC newsman and co-chairman of the IRC Overseers Tom Brokaw, I was also returning to the country where I began my IRC experience eight years ago.
The IRC is training local villagers to cure common childhood diseases like malaria and diarrhea. Tom Brokaw visits one village that is benefitting from the program.
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Tom Brokaw in Rwanda. Part 1
Traveling to Rwanda was a very special experience for me. Not only did I have the chance to learn about the IRC's programs through the eyes of NBC newsman and co-chairman of the IRC Overseers Tom Brokaw, I was also returning to the country where I began my IRC experience eight years ago. Back in '98, Rwamagana Orphanage was just finishing its work tracing and placing orphans of the genocide with relatives and foster families. Today, the IRC is helping at-risk youth build vibrant futures.
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Darfur's Children
At such an innocent age, they’ve experienced more than adults ever should…so just how does the International Rescue Committee help the next generation of Darfurians? “Child friendly spaces” are safe, welcoming centers which the IRC has created to help Darfuri children learn, play and start to heal. I visited one recently and spoke to IRC teachers - we call them “animators” - who work to provide children with the support they need and, despite what’s happened to them and their families, encourage harmony and a culture of peace.
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WOMEN OF DARFUR
IRC communications officer Emily Holland recently traveled to Darfur to document the lives of displaced Sudanese.
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From Burma to the Bronx and Beyond, Part 5
"Opportunities": When she was just 12 Mo Nom Tee Kham's family fled their native Burma to Thailand, where Mo Nom moved from an orphanage to ... all » a refugee camp and worked low paying jobs as an undocumented immigrant. With help from the International Rescue Committee, she and her family resettled in New York three years ago. Now she's studying on a merit scholarship at Dickinson College, where her favorite class is Education and Democracy. In the final installment of a new IRC podcast series, Mo Nom describes the opportunities life in the United States has presented her. "You have this beautiful country. You have free education. You have this high school system. You have everything you need. You should take advantage of it--go for it." She talks about life as a college student and her plans to use her education to help people, perhaps back in Burma. "I want to change my country," she says, "which is a big dream."
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Ocean's Thirteen Benefit Premiere for Darfur in Chicago
Lights, Camera, Action (for Darfur): Fans and flashbulbs flooded the scene last week at the Ocean's Thirteen benefit premiere in Chicago. IRC's Emily Holland was there to note that "hundreds walked away with more than just autographs and photos—a new knowledge of the IRC and the critical humanitarian relief we continue to provide to the people of Darfur." Ahead of the premiere, Not On Our Watch—just launched by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Jerry Weintraub—announced a gift of $2.75 million to IRC to support our programs in Darfur.
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From Burma to the Bronx and Beyond, Part 4
"I feel like I am dreaming": When she was just 12 Mo Nom Tee Kham's family fled their native Burma to Thailand, where Mo Nom moved from an orphanage to a refugee camp and worked low paying jobs as an undocumented immigrant. With help from the International Rescue Committee, she and her family resettled in New York three years ago. Now she's studying on a merit scholarship at Dickinson College, where her favorite class is Education and Democracy. In the fourth installment of a new IRC podcast series, Mo Nom's family arrives in New York. Of her first week in the city, Mo Nom recalls feeling that she was dreaming, but by the second week she can already imagine building a life there. "Wow--we finally have a home," She says. "we don't have to be scared anymore."
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From Burma to the Bronx & Beyond, Part 3
Moving to New York: When she was just 12 Mo Nom Tee Kham's family fled their native Burma to Thailand, where Mo Nom moved from an orphanage to a refugee camp and worked low paying jobs as an undocumented immigrant. With help from the International Rescue Committee, she and her family resettled in New York three years ago. Now she's studying on a merit scholarship at Dickinson College, where her favorite class is Education and Democracy.
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From Burma to the Bronx and Beyond, Part 2
"We're Not Going Home": When she was just 12 Mo Nom Tee Kham's family fled their native Burma to Thailand, where Mo Nom moved from an orphanage to a refugee camp and worked low paying jobs as an undocumented immigrant. With help from the International Rescue Committee, she and her family resettled in New York three years ago. Now she's studying on a merit scholarship at Dickinson College, where her favorite class is Education and Democracy.
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From Burma to the Bronx and Beyond, Part 1
At 20, Mo Nam Tee Kham can trace a life's journey few others can. When she was just 12 her family fled their native Burma to Thailand, where Mo Nam moved from an orphanage to a refugee camp and worked low paying jobs as an undocumented immigrant. With help from the International Rescue Committee, she and her family resettled in New York three years ago. Now she's studying on a merit scholarship at Dickinson College, where her favorite class is Education and Democracy.
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Stop Violence Against Women: IRC Action Groups in Liberia
In Liberia, IRC men's and women's action groups spread the message that sexual violence is wrong through song and skits. This Mother's Day, add your voice to ours by signing the petition to stop violence against women at www.theIRC.org/stopviolence
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Stop Violence Against Women: IRC, Sierra Leone
Although the civil war in Sierra Leone has ended, women and girls are still vulnerable to rape and assault. The IRC is responding by educating local communities to fight back against sexual violence. This Mother's Day, add your voice to ours by signing the petition to stop violence against women at www.theIRC.org/stopviolence.
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Stop Violence Against Women: IRC Women's Center, Thailand
Rape and domestic abuse are the most common forms of violent crime in Thailand. At IRC's women's center, survivors receive counseling and skills that help them gain financial independence. This Mother's Day, add your voice to ours. Sign the petition to stop violence against women: www.theIRC.org/stopviolence
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Work with Us
From emergency response through post-conflict development work, in a great variety of roles around the world, the International Rescue Committee's 8,000-plus staff is a force for humanity and hope. If you're skilled and passionate, we'd like to add your energy to ours.
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IRC Paralegals Work to Spread Human Rights in Darfur
IRC communications officer Emily Holland interviews paralegals who are working to spread information about human rights in southern Darfur. They describe what they do, what human rights means in Darfur and why life is particularly dangerous for women.
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In Thailand, Planting Hope and Opportunity
(December 2006) As the Karenni refugee camps in Thailand have been consolidated and the movement of their residents restricted, refugees find they have less and less space to grow food. The IRC’s David Saw Wah teaches refugees creative ways to grow indigenous plants that will improve their health and diet. These skills can also help refugees prepare for a successful return home.
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Clooneys Visit South Sudan
George and Nick Clooney visit South Sudan and speak with survivors of the Darfur conflict. The goal of their trip was to meet people who fled the violence in Darfur and to record and retell their stories to put a needed spotlight on the crisis.
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RESCUE
In this brief video profile of the International Rescue Committee, Tom Brokaw, co-chairman of the IRC overseers, takes you to some of the places where the organization is saving lives. The IRC: a beacon of freedom, hope and renewal.
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