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 …
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Loss, Resilience and Hope: Paintings by Donya Hafezi Haghani
Exhibited at the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, now in the ICRC Restaurant ahead of International Migrants Day, for three days only Donya Hafezi Haghani works …
Burundi: Worrying violence in run-up to election
The ICRC is very concerned about the rise in violence in the run-up to the election in Burundi. It is appealing for calm and is calling for Red Cross staff and volunteers to be allowed to do their …
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 …
Sri Lanka: The tale of a team
In November 2014, a team of eight young field officers embarked on a journey across Sri Lanka. Their mission was to locate 392 families (out of 16,000) whose loved ones went missing during the …
Celebrating Ramadan amidst Aleppo's destruction
… and herbal teas. Many in Aleppo lost their jobs during the war and are trying to make a …
ICRC Director positions open for application
The ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent organization, whose humanitarian mission is to protect and assist people affected by armed conflict, and to promote respect for international …
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 …
Afghanistan: The policeman’s story
Paiwand-Ali, 49, is from northern Afghanistan. He was a police officer until he lost his leg to a landmine in 1990. Photos by Gueorgui Pinkhassov/Magnum Photos for the ICRC Paiwand-Ali as a police …
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