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From the International Rescue Committee’s Policy & Practice team focused on humanitarian reform and effectiveness to achieve better outcomes for people whose lives have been shattered by conflict and disaster. #BetterAid

Workshop with a mission: Bringing happiness and learning to millions of Syrian children

Workshop with a mission: Bringing happiness and learning to millions of Syrian children

How the International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop are designing a childhood learning and development program for young refugees…
Go to the profile of Radwa El Manssy
Radwa El Manssy
Jun 8, 2017
In Iraq, Education will save Children’s Lives

In Iraq, Education will save Children’s Lives

In late December 2016, I was fortunate to spend two weeks with my courageous International Rescue Committee (IRC) colleagues in Dohuk…
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Paul Frisoli
Feb 23, 2017
Teachers + Classrooms + Students = Learning? Think Again!

Teachers + Classrooms + Students = Learning? Think Again!

On how poor management and lack of accountability in education result in low learning outcomes for Congolese children
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Geoffroy Groleau
Feb 3, 2017
Reaching the Fifth Birthday: We’ve Made Progress in Reducing Child Deaths, But There’s More To Do

Reaching the Fifth Birthday: We’ve Made Progress in Reducing Child Deaths, But There’s More To Do

Graphics by Holly Dowell, Research Communications Fellow
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Naoko Kozuki
Nov 16, 2017
When Humanitarian Aid Is Not Enough

When Humanitarian Aid Is Not Enough

How to Better Respond to Crises and Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Other Fragile States
Go to the profile of Geoffroy Groleau
Geoffroy Groleau
Sep 12, 2017
Using old data to shine a new light on poor conditions in Rakhine’s displacement camps

Using old data to shine a new light on poor conditions in Rakhine’s displacement camps

Generating rigorous evidence is one challenge that the IRC and others working in Myanmar’s Rakhine State have been grappling with when…
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Oliver Lough
Jul 12, 2017
Uganda Refugee Summit is a critical juncture for global refugee policy reform

Uganda Refugee Summit is a critical juncture for global refugee policy reform

Uganda Summit must address refugee self-reliance
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Kurt Tjossem
Jun 22, 2017
All Parents Play a Role: the Importance of Fatherhood as Told by Syrian Outreach Staff in Azraq…

All Parents Play a Role: the Importance of Fatherhood as Told by Syrian Outreach Staff in Azraq…

“This is too important for fathers not to be involved — for us not to target them with information about early childhood development…
Go to the profile of Katelin Swing Wilton
Katelin Swing Wilton
Jun 16, 2017
To reach 2020 goals, the London Summit on Family Planning cannot afford to leave refugees behind

To reach 2020 goals, the London Summit on Family Planning cannot afford to leave refugees behind

Hadija was four months pregnant when she fled Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria in late 2016. After weeks of trekking through the bush…
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Rita Nehme
May 17, 2017
Closing the global immunization gap, one child at a time

Closing the global immunization gap, one child at a time

Fasala is a 27-year-old woman who works as a farmer in Ethiopia. “I am illiterate,” she said. “But I want my child to become an educated…
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Justine Landegger
Apr 27, 2017
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