International Rescue Committee (IRC): Central African Republic: Forgotten?

October 2013

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Forgotten? Photo: Peter Biro/IRC “The rebels stole all our cassava and rice,” says Dieudonné Dounea, the father of two-year-old Nathan, who arrived at an IRC-supported hospital in the town of Kaga Bandoro near death from starvation. The IRC's Peter Biro reports on how we are helping in a country where political chaos and rampant violence threaten millions of people without making global headlines. Photo Story Near anarchy, the Central African Republic is facing a food crisis

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International Rescue Committee (IRC): Syria: Winters Threat

October 2013

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC SYRIA: Winter’s Threat As Syria's civil war rages on, families inside the country and around the region are facing what may be an unusually harsh winter without adequate shelter or enough to eat. "There is a winter from hell coming for millions of people," says IRC president David Miliband. The IRC and our partners are providing emergency support to hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced Syrians. From the Field Get the latest Syria updates from IRC aid workers and partners Tell Us What would you cook using a Syrian refugee family’s rations?

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