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02 Apr 2014
International Rescue Committee report calls for urgent aid investment to ‘protect fragile gains’ in Afghanistan
Excerpt
The report details knowledge from the IRC’s unique experience with local partners in more than 4,000 villages, delivering emergency assistance, providing health care and education, improving infrastructure and helping the Afghan people find employment opportunities. Through these high-value-for-the-money grassroots investments in community-based projects, the IRC has learned what can work.
The report calls on the international community to stand beside the Afghan people as international troops leave the country. Five million Afghans need lifesaving support, such as food and emergency medical care and a further 4 million have chronic longer terms needs, including safety from conflict, regular employment and access to health care. In addition 650,000 Afghans are displaced within the country and an additional 2.5 million are living as refugees in neighboring countries, unable to return home.

This Week’s Voices: Apr. 4, 2014
Posted by The IRC on April 4th, 2014
This Week’s Voices is a roundup of recent eyewitness reports and commentary by IRC experts and others. This week: What next for Afghanistan as Afghans go to the polls on Saturday to elect their next president? more »

Displaced development, Copenhagen style
Posted by Alyoscia D’Onofrio on April 4th, 2014
The majority of the world’s estimated 47 million refugees and internally displaced persons live in protracted displacement situations. Given this stark picture, one might assume that the business of helping displaced people would be set up in a way that sought to address the specific challenges that being in limbo for years, even decades poses. Wrong. more »

In the turmoil of elections, international community must commit to Afghanistan
Posted by Chelsea Purvis and Sayre Nyce on April 2nd, 2014
The world is waiting to see how Afghanistan weathers an uncertain 2014. The stage is set for Afghanistan’s first democratic transfer of power, but violence threatens to derail this Saturday’s election. more »

Old pizza in new boxes? Rediscovering the meaning of innovation
Posted by Emmanuel d’Harcourt on April 1st, 2014
Innovation is a widely used buzzword in international development, but the problem is that all this talk about innovation may be distracting us from what really matters. more »

Intl Rescue Comm IRC ‏@theIRC Apr 5
We must stand beside the Afghan people as international troops leave. Our new report: “What Next for #Afghanistan?” http://bit.ly/1gNPntT

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UKUN_NewYork ‏@UKUN_NewYork Apr 4
.@UNOCHA Donor Support Group visits @theIRC site providing empowerment & support for survivors of #sexualviolence. pic.twitter.com/vqxOJz7B8y

Intl Rescue Comm IRC ‏@theIRC Apr 4
Earlier, @DMiliband was on @Morning_Joe talking about #Afghanistan. Watch the video here–> http://on.msnbc.com/QLbKqi pic.twitter.com/epi9jnZ9lv

Intl Rescue Comm IRC ‏@theIRC Apr 3
AUDIO: president @DMiliband’s interview with @ABC_NewsRadio on concerns over the withdrawal of aid from #Afghanistan: http://ab.co/1fPp9CY

Intl Rescue Comm IRC ‏@theIRC Apr 1
Inside #Congo’s “Triangle of Death,” a bustling market becomes an oasis of hope: http://bit.ly/1jEdTQW pic.twitter.com/wGHX6LQkop