International Rescue Committee [to 1 February 2014]

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Video: ATM cards help Syrian refugees get by
Posted by The IRC on January 31, 2014
Almost 1,600 Syrian refugee and poor Lebanese families have received cash assistance from the IRC to help them survive month-to-month in the past year. The typical amount of monthly assistance is the equivalent of $200, and is provided through the use of ATM bankcards. more »

Hope, opportunity and humanitarian challenges in Congo
Posted by The IRC on January 29, 2014
Visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time since 2008, IRC president David Miliband shares his perspective: “This huge, haunting, beautiful, deeply complex country with extraordinarily vibrant people – and a very violent recent past – is one of the most testing places for humanitarian action.” more »

Quoted: “Aleppo is to Syria what Sarajevo was to Bosnia”
Posted by The IRC on January 28, 2014
“Aleppo is to Syria what Sarajevo was to Bosnia,” writes IRC president David Miliband in an op-ed published in the Washington Post on the eve of the ongoing Geneva II peace conference. “If Syria is ever to recover its tranquility and beauty, this city must be saved from the hell it currently faces.” more »

Aid groups welcome cease fire in South Sudan, reaffirm commitment to help
Posted by The IRC on January 28, 2014
the IRC and 54 other aid groups working in South Sudan say they have been deeply alarmed at the scale of human suffering seen in the country in the past six weeks, and so welcome the recent cease fire agreement between the government of South Sudan and opposition forces. more »

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC Jan 31
More from @DMiliband on the importance of humanitarian aid efforts to #DRC #Congo. Interview w/ @bbcworldservice here http://bit.ly/1aMQMA4 
8:08 AM – 31 Jan 2014

Intl Rescue Comm IRC ‏@theIRC Jan 30
IRC in #SouthSudan continues to provide crucial women’s protection & empowerment services to displaced in #Juba pic.twitter.com/UxIw2aLFOx
1:28 PM – 30 Jan 2014

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC Jan 30
AUDIO: Listen to @DMiliband‘s interview about his IRC visit to the #DRC with @RFI @RFI_English here>> http://bit.ly/1dR82OR 
1:25 PM – 30 Jan 2014

Intl Rescue Comm IRC ‏@theIRC Jan 29
IRC provides emergency assist. to hundreds of thousands in #DRC.Read @DMiliband‘s full account http://bit.ly/1egEhLP  pic.twitter.com/OQwLd0yz7z
9:45 AM – 29 Jan 2014 ·

Intl Rescue Comm IRC @theIRC Jan 28
IRC calls on the US to resettle 12k remaining vulnerable #SyrianRefugees. #SOTU #Syria http://bit.ly/1iHM8pa 
7:08 PM – 28 Jan 2014

IRC Press ‏@IRCPress Jan 27
55 NGOs welcome ceasefire agreement in #SouthSudan, reaffirm commitment to help: http://bit.ly/1iDFal6  @theIRC @SavetheChildren @mercycorps
Retweeted by Intl Rescue Comm IRC
10:17 AM – 27 Jan 2014

Intl Rescue Comm IRC ‏@theIRC Jan 26
IRC is one of the longest standing agencies active in #Ethiopia. Here’s a first-hand account from @DMiliband>> http://bit.ly/1aVnzR3 
9:37 AM – 26 Jan 2014