International Rescue Committee

Syria refugees say rape is a key reason they fled, report says

2013-01-14 14:50:00

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Rape is one of the primary reasons that Syrian refugees say they fled their country, “a significant and disturbing feature” of the war raging between rebels and Syrian...

UR's international character in focus at commencement ceremony

2013-05-13 00:34:02

If any graduates capture the theme of the University of Richmond's commencement, it might be Hadya and Roman Abdul Satar. The sisters fled Afghanistan with their family in 1998 and spent more than seven years as refugees in Russia before arriving in...

Festival of Cultures celebrates area's diversity

2013-05-12 07:54:03

For a few moments in Lee Park on Saturday morning, it seemed as though the skilled hands of the Morro Azul Samba School percussion ensemble had cultivated world peace. Faces and people from around the globe surrounded the stage. And nearly everyone...

How to start a community garden

2013-01-09 11:57:00

Whether it’s to help beautify their neighborhoods, foster a sense of community or to grow their own vegetables and fruits, more Americans are starting local community gardens. According to the latest U.S. government statistics, more than 23...

Dr. Gerhard Schmeisser, orthopedic surgeon, Hopkins professor

2012-09-30 13:17:44

Dr. Gerhard Schmeisser, a retired orthopedic surgeon, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine faculty member and an innovator in artificial-limb technology, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Sept. 23 at Roland Park Place. He was 86 and had lived on...

Refugees find comfort in an alley garden in Highlandtown

2012-09-06 16:55:12

As a boy, Abdi Hassen helped his father nurture and harvest maize, wheat and tropical fruits — until the early 1990s, when his father vanished. "He was disappeared because of his political opinion. I don't know if he is alive or not now," said...

Lauren Schroeder, refugee well-being coordinator for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), explains a home exercise regimen in Tucson, Arizona. The family of Burmese refugees had arrived only a month before from a refugee camp in Nepal.

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abdi Hassen and his wife, Soumeya Ibrahim, at the garden he helped build as part of an International Rescue Committee project in the Highlandtown neighborhood of Baltimore.

2012-08-28 00:00:00