By Margaret Aguirre, Director of Global Communications

May 10, 2013— Aicha gazes out the window, her crystal blue eyes taking in the gray sky outside a hospital near the Syrian border in Jordan, where she has been recovering for a month now. She was badly injured after her house in Dara’a, Syria was destroyed in a mortar attack.

By: Hussein Rudwan, Hygiene Promotion Officer, Bokolmanyo Refugee Camp, Ethiopia

After gunfire during a rebel attack in Somalia left Hassen bound to a wheelchair for life, he knew he could not let his children grow up amidst the brutal violence. Hassen remembers the exact day he and his family fled Mogadishu and the harrowing, eight-day journey to reach refugee camps in the Somali Region in Ethiopia. It was hard for them to leave everything behind and start a new life, but the conflict in Somalia gave them no choice.

By Sonia Lowman, Communications Officer, International Medical Corps

April 4, 2012— Dr. Aaron Harries got the “travel bug” young—listening to his high school teacher reminisce about his own journeys in the 1970s. At age 17, Aaron organized a trip for 3 of his friends to backpack across Europe for 5 weeks. He went on to become a doctor and extend his love of travel to volunteer medical trips in post-crisis and developing countries. Aaron, now age 36, has been to over 70 countries—including 3 trips volunteering with International Medical Corps.

Jaya Vadlamudi
Senior Communications Officer
310.826.7800
jvadlamudi@InternationalMedicalCorps.org

March 27, 2013 – Los Angeles, Calif. – Violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues following a rebel-led seizure of the capital city, Bangui. International Medical Corps, in coordination with the United Nations (UN) and other non-governmental organizations, is planning to conduct a multi-sectoral assessment to determine the extent of humanitarian needs.

Sonia Lowman
Communications Officer
slowman@InternationalMedicalCorps.org
+1 310.826.7800

March 5, 2013 - As the conflict in Syria continues, the number of refugees flowing into neighboring countries including Lebanon has shown steady growth. Although the official number reported by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is 325,000 registered refugees in Lebanon as of the end of February, the Government of Lebanon estimates that there are nearly one million Syrians seeking shelter and services within the country. Registration with UNHCR has gained momentum with close to 40,000 Syrians registered in February alone.

As in other countries around the world, International Medical Corps in Ethiopia marked the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign in collaboration with UNHCR, the Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) and other implementing partners. From November 25 - December 10, International Medical Corps highlighted this year’s national campaign theme “Peace in the Home is the Foundation for Peace Everywhere” in Melkadida and Kobe refugee camps as well as the Reception Center in the Dolo Ado Region.

ACF International, Save the Children, Helen Keller International, International Medical Corps, Valid International, Concern and the International Center for Research on Women call on the Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, to support further involvement of WHO in the preparation of the International Conference on Nutrition +21. Twenty one year after the first major international event on nutrition, this event should be considered as a unique opportunity to reaffirm the critical role of the health sector in the fight against undernutrition.

Douentza est une commune située dans le cercle de Mopti et compte 25 000 habitants. Le nombre estimé de personnes déplacées - ayant quitté la commune - est de 10 000 personnes.
Au jour de l’évaluation, les autorités locales commençaient à revenir sur Douentza (retour du maire au 30 janvier 2013).