Red Cross Bombing Leads Charities in Iraq to Make Changes
Since the suicide car bombing outside the Baghdad headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross last month, several international charities have evacuated their expatriate staff members from the Iraqi capital and suspended some of their humanitarian work. The decision came after…
By Daniel del Castillo
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Former photojournalist’s advocacy work in war-riven Sierra Leone earns her a MacArthur “genius” awardTwo days before Corinne Dufka left her post as an investigator for Human Rights Watch in Sierra Leone to return to a more conventional life in the United States, she received a phone call from an…
By Daniel del Castillo
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U.S. Nonprofit Groups Report Sluggish Donations for Iraqi Relief Efforts
The aftermath of the United States’ invasion of Iraq has taken its toll on the fund-raising efforts of several ALSO SEE:Inching Toward Relief international charities. As a result, many groups have scaled back their aid programs and ceased actively soliciting funds for Iraq’s redevelopment. Some…
By Daniel del Castillo
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Security and other concerns hamper the rebuilding of IraqBasra, Iraq About 20 miles south of Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, the landscape changes from dense, lush palm groves ALSO SEE:U.S. Nonprofit Groups Report Sluggish Donations for Iraqi Relief Efforts and brackish canals to vast expanses…
By Daniel del Castillo
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