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Western Darfur. Distribution of basic household items.©ICRC/T. Gassmann/ref. sd-e-00181As the conflict in the western region of Darfur continues, Sudan is now the ICRC's second-largest operation worldwide. Its activities are carried out in collaboration with the Sudanese Red Crescent and other Movement partners.  Key document10-4-2008 Darfur: providing care on both sides of the front lineIn a volatile environment such as Darfur, where travelling by road is often dangerous, access to health care is difficult for all communities, whether sedentary or nomadic. At the foot of the Jebel Marra mountains, the ICRC is supporting clinics in areas controlled by rebels and government forces alike. Report by Valérie Petitpierre, ICRC delegate based in Zalingei. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 28-1-2008 Darfur: meeting basic needs and providing vital health care The ICRC is the only humanitarian organization with a large-scale operation in Gereida camp in South Darfur, where it continues to provide for the basic needs of over 120,000 displaced people. This gallery presents the latest in a series of images illustrating the organization's activities throughout Darfur, providing for basic needs, health services, war wounded surgery, water and agricultural support. (Info resources\Photos\Africa) Photo Collection Includes Photo 16-8-2006 Sudan – ICRC Bulletin No. 44 / 2006Latest report on ICRC activities in the field (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature29-1-2008 Darfur: a message from mum lights up Seina’s dayFamily separation is one of the painful lasting consequences of the Darfur conflict. Thousands of people who have lost touch with their families regain contact thanks to messages sent through the ICRC and the Sudanese Red Crescent. The ICRC’s Cecilia Goin reports from North Darfur. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 12-12-2007 Darfur: household items make a difference in Gereida campSince the Darfur conflict began, two million people have fled their villages to camps and started a new life away from their homes. Um Alhassan arrived in Gereida camp three years ago and there are still times when she struggles to provide enough means for her family. ICRC delegate Mireille Osbourne-Pellaud reports. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 10-9-2007 Southern Sudan: twice a survivor of warAlthough the conflict between the southern and the northern regions of Sudan ended in 2005, many of its victims are still striving to rebuild their lives. Mayon Deng, 42, joined the Sudanese army in 1984 and was dismissed in 1996 when he lost his left leg in combat. In November 2006, an attack in Malakal resulted in the amputation of his remaining leg. The ICRC's communication delegate in Juba, Robin Waudo, tells Mayon's story. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 7-9-2007 Sudan: family reunion brings light to blind man's lifeThe protracted conflict in Darfur has separated thousands of people from their families over several decades. Salih Ashgar, 78, is one of the victims. He fled for his life, found shelter in various camps, most of the time on his own. His hardship took a turn for the worse the day he became blind. Since being reunited with his brother after 24 years of separation, light and hope have returned to Salih's life. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 6-7-2007 Darfur: getting ready for the rainy seasonIn Darfur, assisting people in rural areas before the rainy season starts involves a huge effort which is complicated by the volatile security situation. In such a challenging environment, how well the ICRC operates depends greatly on timing, organization and maintaining contact with all sides to the conflict. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 18-6-2007 Family reunion brings tears of joy to beleaguered West DarfurHoweyda Abdullah Awadh is a shy fifteen-year-old girl with a gorgeous smile. She had plenty to smile about at a recent family reunion in West Darfur. The ICRC's Ayman Alshehabi reports from Al Geneina. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 24-5-2007 Darfur: bringing vital water relief to isolated rural areasAccess to water is an ongoing concern for the people of Darfur, particularly during the dry season. Alleviating water shortages is an urgent matter for the ICRC. The overall aim of the organization is to help residents in remote rural areas become self-sufficient, so that they will not have to move to overcrowded camps in search of aid. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 11-5-2007 Sudan: "Clipboard Ali" helps keep children alive in DarfurOne of 69 nutrition monitors working for a Red Cross feeding centre at a sprawling camp for displaced people in Darfur, Ali goes from tent to tent, watching out for babies at risk. Leigh Daynes of the British Red Cross reports. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 26-4-2007 Sudan: beyond Darfur, humanitarian needs stretch to the horizonDrought, difficult access to clean water and to medical care, devastation from years of war in the south, crumbling infrastructure and communications – the long-term humanitarian challenges in Sudan are immense. National Red Cross and Red Crescent societies are facing up to the task. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 26-4-2007 Sudan/Darfur: Red Cross and Red Crescent teams respond to the crisisSince the Darfur conflict started in 2003, national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies have been helping to provide relief and health services for hundreds of thousands of people; overview of a global response. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 6-11-2006 Darfur: Family reunited after three yearsIn Sudan as elsewhere, the ICRC traces children who become separated from their parents in the turmoil of an armed conflict. Thanks to its efforts, two little brothers were reunited with their parents on 12 October in Nyala, in southern Darfur. Information delegate Jean-Yves Clémenzo relates their story. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 28-6-2006 Lopiding hospital: adapting to changing needs in southern SudanLopiding hospital in northern Kenya was the ICRC's biggest field hospital, performing more than 60,000 operations in its 19-year history. At the end of June 2006, management was handed over to the Kenyan authorities. The ICRC's Andrea Koenig visited the hospital and sent this report. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Kenya) Feature Includes Photo Field newsletter31-1-2007 ICRC in Sudan - Delegation NewsletterNewsletter, January 2007 (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Field newsletter Includes PDF ICRC film31-12-2005 Darfur: living in the shadow of conflictHundreds of thousands have lost their lives or been forced from their homes during the recent conflict in Darfur. Despite the 2005 peace agreement, clashes continue, terrorizing local people. By maintaining contact with all sides, the ICRC is able to treat the wounded, run mother and baby clinics and run livestock vaccination campaigns, safeguarding the basic means of survival for the nomads of Darfur. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Films\From the field) ICRC film Includes Video 30-6-2005 Darfur: the civilian victimsThis film shows the desperate situation that the people of Darfur are facing. We see how two young boys with serious gunshot wounds receive care in an ICRC-supported hospital. As ICRC president Jakob Kellenberger visits the camps for people displaced by the conflict, it becomes clear that humanitarian assistance is essential if they are to survive. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Films\From the field) ICRC film Includes Video Interview9-8-2007 Recurrent violence remains the primary concern for DarfuriansUpon completion of a 19-month mission, Yasmine Praz Dessimoz, head of operations at ICRC Darfur, talks about the current humanitarian situation in the troubled region and the obstacles and opportunities the ICRC is facing. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Interview Includes Photo Official Statement4-4-2007 Darfur: improved security is needed nowIn this editorial, the president of the ICRC, Jakob Kellenberger, calls for improved security in Darfur and explains why the organization has had to resume a wider range of assistance activities on behalf of those living in the camp for displaced people in Gereida. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Official Statement Includes Photo Operational update14-8-2007 Sudan: ICRC activities January to June 2007Sudan is the ICRC's largest operation worldwide with more than 1,600 national and 160 expatriate staff involved in a wide range of activities on behalf of people affected by the conflict. The following is an update of ICRC activities for the period January to June 2007. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Operational update Includes Photo Photo Collection9-2-2007 Darfur: bringing relief to the displaced Civilians continue to bear the brunt of a four-year-old conflict that has intensified since the beginning of 2006. While many aid agencies have had to reduce or abandon their activities due to deteriorating security conditions in many parts of Darfur, the ICRC continues the majority of its operations with activities focused both on the displaced and others identified as being at risk of attack or future displacement. (Info resources\Photos\Africa) Photo Collection Includes Photo Press article24-9-2007 Surviving the peace in southern SudanThe physical and psychological wounds of the 22-year civil war in southern Sudan which ended in 2005 are taking time to heal, especially for the poor, as a visit earlier this year to the teaching hospital in Juba, Sudan’s southern capital, clearly showed. Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 2, 2007 (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Press article 12-6-2007 Darfur: chronicle of a death foretoldThis interview with ICRC president Jakob Kellenberger was first published in Kaële magazine on 5 June 2007, and is reproduced here with the magazine's kind permission. (originally published in French) (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Press article 18-12-2006 Darfur adrift – no end in sightThe situation in Darfur continues to deteriorate. The insecurity has taken a turn for the worse in recent months, leaving many inhabitants deprived of their livelihoods and vital assistance. As a result of the internal armed conflict, whole populations are being displaced, preventing farmers from tending their fields and disrupting access to markets and health services – Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 3, 2006 (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Press article 31-7-2005 Darfur’s refugees in ChadSome 200,000 civilians, many of them women and children, have crossed Chad since 2003, fleeing the ongoing violence in the western Sudanese province of Darfur. The refugees and the local populations are sharing the region’s limited resources, but tensions are rising as competition increases for food, firewood and water – Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 2, 2005 (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Press article Press briefing23-2-2007 Darfur: ICRC president demands improved securityOn his return from a visit to Sudan, the ICRC's president, Jakob Kellenberger, has urged all parties to the conflict in Darfur to ensure respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) and to restore the security environment both for civilians and for the staff of humanitarian organizations there to help them. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Press briefing Includes Photo Stories from the field20-6-2007 Darfur: how a young woman escaped the violenceSousan is one of hundreds of thousands of people forced to flee their homes by the violence in Sudan’s Darfur region. Displaced twice in order to survive, she told her story to the ICRC’s David Ito. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Stories from the field Includes Photo 30-1-2007 Darfur: weighing up the situation as community spirit thrives in Gereida campAt this time of year, the flimsy grass and tarpaulin shelters that are home to over 120,000 people in Gereida camp provide little protection from the whipping wind. At the moment however, it is not so much the weather that is troubling people in this vast sea of displaced humanity, but concern about food. The ICRC's Jessica Barry reports from the heart of the camp where kinship values are alive and well. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Stories from the field Includes Photo 18-1-2007 Darfur field surgical team: saving lives in the classroomThe ICRC undertook to address the needs of weapon-wounded people in Darfur with the establishment in April 2005 of a fast-response, mobile field surgical team (FST). The ICRC's Jessica Barry recounts the story of a teaching nurse who recently had the opportunity to experience the daily travails of the FST firsthand. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Stories from the field Includes Photo 6-11-2006 Darfur: Learning to walk again For two years, the ICRC has been supporting a limb-fitting centre in Darfur that gives mobility and dignity back to amputees. Slowly but surely, victims of the conflict in western Sudan are learning to walk again. Information delegate Jean-Yves Clémenzo reports on their situation. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Stories from the field 23-8-2006 Sudan: Juba Teaching Hospital then and nowThe ICRC began working in the 512-bed Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH) in southern Sudan in 1993 with an expatriate surgical team that treated casualties of the then still-raging ten-year civil war. JTH has since been completely transformed and gone on to become the hospital of referral for southern Sudan. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Stories from the field Includes Photo 30-5-2006 Darfur: grass roots health care for livestockWith so many needs to be addressed in conflict-ridden Darfur, training community-based animal health workers to run veterinary clinics might not seem to be a high priority. But it is proving invaluable for thousands of livestock owners who have seen their animals sicken and die for lack of treatment. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Stories from the field Video Collection5-7-2005 Darfur: ICRC continues food assistance The ICRC is supplying food, tools and seeds to those affected by the conflict in Darfur. The assistance is intended to tide people over until the next harvest and prevent them having to leave their homes to join those already languishing in camps for the displaced. (Info resources\Video) Video Collection Includes Video |
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