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Venezuela: Kneading dreams amidst breads, pastries and biscuits
―"Go for it!" This was Isangeli's husband´s response when she asked him what he thought about her training to become a baker. She had been keen to learn for a while, but didn't have the money to pay …
ICRC, NBC Left Field explore plight of families of missing migrants in new series
19-02-2019 "The Missing" is the humanitarian organization's first collaboration with NBC News' experimental video unit, NBC Left Field The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and NBC News …
Sahel: Security concerns obscuring five-country humanitarian emergency
14-11-2017 Dakar/Geneva (ICRC) – The precarious security situation in Africa's Sahel region is overshadowing a massive humanitarian crisis affecting 12 million people in five countries, the …
Evaluation of the ICRC Learning Culture
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the independent evaluation of the ICRC learning culture. Conducted from June 2023 through April 2024, this evaluation supported the ICRC’s …
Afghanistan: ICRC social worker’s grit inspires fellow Afghan to rebuild life
Thirty-nine-year-old Afghan construction worker Nick Mohammad (a resident of Faizabad in Badakhshan province), who spent a part of his life as a migrant worker in Iran, returned to Afghanistan seven …
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: finding common ground in respect of the dead
"Would you believe me if I said that I feel jealous when I see parents visiting the graves of their sons? I keep asking myself: 'don't I deserve even this?'" Ashot's* son fought in last year's …
Syria: How much longer will the fighting rage?
… is struggling and there are fewer and fewer jobs and functioning businesses. No family and … is struggling and there are fewer and fewer jobs and functioning businesses. We contacted …
Jordan: Partnership and cooperation is key for emergency preparedness
16-02-2019 Amman (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated on 14 February a meeting to discuss and exchange expertise with representatives of the Ministry of Health, …
Nigeria: ICRC surgical teams caring for wounded after air strikes
20-01-2017 Abuja (ICRC) - Three days after air strikes at a settlement for internally displaced people at Rann in Nigeria, two surgical teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
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