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Three lessons 2020 taught me as a humanitarian
Masresha Mitiku, Senior Cash Transfer Officer at IRC Ethiopia, gives insight into the challenges of her work, what keeps her going, and how cash relief has proven to be a lifeline for displaced families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- 10 November 2020
Meet Kristine: a designer bringing something special to the everyday
Hardship led Kristine to leave her home in Latvia with her family six years ago. Today, she lives with her husband and two children in Nuremberg, Germany and is proud to provide a better life for them through her small business.
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- 28 June 2023
Meet the Malian mother who never fails to see the bright side
Lalla, a 40-year old mother to six, was forced to flee with her family when conflict broke out. Now living on the outskirts of Meneka, a town in the southeast of Mali, she talks about what she's gone through, how the IRC is helping, and why she never fails to smile.
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- 24 October 2023
Meet this Cameroonian mother defying the odds and reclaiming power through the opening of a food store
Discover the inspiring journey of Mercy, a 25-year-old mother from Cameroon, who, after enduring multiple displacements, reclaimed her independence and ensured her family's future with the collaborative support of IRC and the EU.
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- 25 October 2023
When conflict and climate change collide
It was in the middle of the night when the conflict erupted in a village in the Konzo Zone of Ethiopia that forced 40-year-old Makito, her family and many of her neighbours to flee for their lives. The conflict took everything they had from them: their livestock looted, their home destroyed, and their harvest and village burned down.
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- 28 September 2023
Immediately honour commitments to relocate unaccompanied children from the Greek islands
The IRC joined 65 human rights and humanitarian organisations calling on European governments to proceed immediately with the emergency relocation of unaccompanied children from the Reception and Identification Centres (RICs) on the Greek islands, with no discrimination, giving precedence to existing family links and the best interests of the child.
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- 3 April 2020
Education
During conflict and crisis, education protects children and sets them up for a better future. It provides a sense of hope and enables them to recover, learn and thrive. However, over 127 million children in countries affected by war and displacement are out of school, while many others receive only a poor quality education. Despite this great need, education has received less than 3% of all humanitarian aid in recent years.
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A Syrian mother’s strength in the face of cholera
Samira*’s children are the center of her world. In her hometown in northeast Syria, she spends her days taking care of her children, preparing food, and cleaning the house. Two of her children go to kindergarten in the morning, while the youngest one stays home. After her husband returns home from his job as a school teacher, they sometimes go outdoors to spend time together as a family.
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- 23 June 2023
Video: Juno and Lucas Englander
When asked how her family story has shaped her, Juno Englander, whose father fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the Second World War, answers without hesitation: "That one must never give up, that one must always see the positive." Today, Juno’s father’s spirit also inspires his grandson, film and television actor Lucas Englander. “He just tried as an individual to do his utmost to help people, or make a difference politically
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- 8 May 2023
Meet the young refugee mother in Syria weaving control into her life
Ebtisam* has known displacement and loss from a young age. She was only 5 years old when her mother passed away and only 8 when she had to flee her home. She now lives in difficult conditions with her two children and husband’s family at a refugee camp in northeast Syria.
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- 2 July 2024