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• The 10 Most Underrated Movies of 2009

  
  Inside Movies — Authority: 154
  Critics get it wrong sometimes. Maybe more often than sometimes. Occasionally, they just dont get a film whose virtues may become more apparent after a second or third viewing. Were not talking about movies that critics hated but were big hits ... Read more Filed under: Best & Worst of 2009 Permalink  |  ...
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• IRC in Bhutan

  
  ONE — Authority: 578
  Freelance photographer and journalist Misha Cohen has a great piece in the Huffington Post about the International Rescue Committee’s work in Bhutan. You can read an excerpt below, and learn more about the International Rescue Committee here . The International Rescue Committee (IRC), a humanitarian aid ...
  1 day ago

• IRC in HuffPost: From Bhutan to the Bronx

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 422
  Photo: Misha Cohen Freelance photographer and IRC volunteer Misha Cohen has been telling the story of the Bhutanese Timsina family’s first months in the U.S. in pictures. Catch her latest blog post, in The Huffington Post. More »
  2 days ago

• Video: YouTuber LisaNova & the IRC in “Project for Awesome”

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 422
  As part of YouTube’s 2009 “Project for Awesome” campaign for charity, YouTube celeb and video volunteer LisaNova made this video about how YOU can get involved with the IRC’s humanitarian work. Also: Check out Lisa’s earlier video about the IRC , in which she visits an urban farm created by refugees in ...
  6 days ago

• “In Congo, it’s more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier.”

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 422
  Sarah Spencer Photo: The IRC Sarah Spencer, the IRC’s emergency gender-based violence coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo , e-mailed IRC supporters today with an update on the situation for women there.  Here’s part of that message: New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof calls the ...
  1 week ago

• IRC: Double Whammy, Malnutrition and Cholera hit Refugee Camp in Kenya

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 689
  International Rescue Committee (IRC) Nairobi. Dec. 16, 2009 — Malnutrition rates are soaring and cholera is spreading at a camp in northwestern Kenya that has recently experienced significant influxes of refugees and steep funding cuts, ...
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• Copenhagen & the plight of “environmental refugees”

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 422
  In Ethiopia, drought and food shortages are recurrent problems. Photo: Emily Holland/The IRC As climate talks fall apart in Copenhagen , environmental degradation is creating a new category of people known as “environmental refugees.” What’s more, their ranks are growing rapidly. The U.N. estimates that some ...
  1 week ago

• Ending violence against women

  
  ONE — Authority: 578
  Check out this excellent post from our friends at the International Rescue Committee, commemorating the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence:MAKAMBA PROVINCE, BURUNDI – For Céline Mpitabakana and her husband, Jean, saving enough money to buy a small plot of land was always a fond but distant dream. In 1993, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Uganda: A Night on the Hotline [16 Days]

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 422
  Photo: The IRC 2009 marks the 18th anniversary of the “ 16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence ” campaign. It’s 2 am when Apio Agnes’ mobile phone rings. She’s suddenly awake and ready to go. It’s her night to answer calls to a 24-hour hotline dedicated to anyone who needs advice or support on ...
  3 weeks ago

• How gold pays for Congo’s deadly war - 60 Minutes [Video]

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 422
  Watch CBS News Videos Online The International Rescue Committee is a lifeline to millions of people in Congo’s violence-torn villages .  This past summer, CBS’ 60 Minutes traveled with the IRC to remote camps in North Kivu that shelter thousands of people displaced by recent fighting. With IRC’s help, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Giving is Gratitude in Action

  
  Consciously Frugal — Authority: 121
  My beautiful and amazing friend, Elizabeth Beech, sent me a great video today about the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The video was created by an IRC volunteer and highlights a gorgeous community garden created by refugees from multiple locations (video is below). I suspect their garden is much like their ...
  4 weeks ago

• San Diego: Refugees’ first harvest [Video]

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 422
  YouTuber extraordinaire LisaNova recently visited an IRC garden in San Diego where refugees uprooted from 8 countries are working together to create something new.  She shared this video she made about their first harvest.  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! ...
  4 weeks ago

• Violence against women — we can’t look away [16 Days]

  
  Voices from the Field — Authority: 422
  Photo Credit: Gina Bramucci/The IRC 2009 marks the 18th anniversary of the “ 16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence ” campaign. The campaign brings together people from around the world to speak out against violence against women.  The campaign begins each year on November 25—the International Day ...
  4 weeks ago

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