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A girl displaced by fighting at a refugee camp at Kibati in eastern Congo. Learn More

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Living in Limbo: Burma's Youth in Thailand See Few Opportunities to Use Education and Vocational Skills, October 2008.

Desperate Lives: Burmese Refugee Women Struggle to Make a Living in Malaysia, October 2008.

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IRC Congo Response
The IRC is scaling up emergency aid in North Kivu, including firewood distribution and cholera response.

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