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Emmy Nod for 60 Minutes Darfur Story Featuring the IRC

Posted by Kate Sands Adams on September 28th, 2007

Sudan Chad
Photo: Neila/The IRC
IRC emergency communications director Melissa Winkler e-mailed me some good news this morning:

“Just learned that Scott [Pelley] and his 60 Minutes crew won an Emmy this week for Searching for Jacob, the story about his search for a boy whose school books were salvaged from a destroyed North Darfur village and who ended up finding refuge in our very own Oure Cassoni Camp in northeastern Chad.”

You can read the story and watch the video here.
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Darfur’s Children

Posted by Emily Holland on September 26th, 2007

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Video: Emily Holland/The IRC
At such an innocent age, they’ve experienced more than adults ever should…so just how does the International Rescue Committee help the next generation of Darfurians?  “Child friendly spaces” are safe, welcoming centers which the IRC has created to help Darfuri children learn, play and start to heal.  I visited one recently and spoke to IRC teachers - we call them “animators” - who work to provide children with the support they need and, despite what’s happened to them and their families, encourage harmony and a culture of peace.
 
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New Video - Water for Survival in Darfur

Posted by Emily Holland on August 30th, 2007

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Video: Emily Holland/The IRC
Water is the most basic aspect of aid and something most of us take for granted. In Zalingei, West Darfur, the IRC provides water and promotes hygiene and sanitation to 36,280 displaced people and an additional 15,000 living in the nearby community.
 
Shooting this video, I got a panicky feeling looking out at the arid landscape.  Our staff were hard at work locating a new site for a well, but providing more water to more people at long distances (with no end to the conflict in sight) is daunting. How would I feel if my life and safety were threatened on all sides?  It astounded me how much of the displaced Darfuris’days are spent just trying to survive.