Walking the distance in Myanmar
The smell of rubber and other chemicals welcomes visitors when entering the small workshop of the Hpa-an Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Centre (HORC). Zaw Zaw Aung is weighing chemicals on a balance. He …
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Reuniting separated families in Western Tanzania
By Mike Mina & Ene Abah We take a lot of things for granted. Sometimes, it's the people we love. But that is not the case for the people who were separated from their families when they left Burundi …
Myanmar: Update on Red Cross flood response
In August, torrential rains and the offshore approach of cyclone Komen caused devastating floods and landslides in Myanmar. The disaster displaced almost 1.7 million people and took the lives of 132, …
Ukraine: Finding creative paths to learning amid armed conflict
Rows of school desks. Backpacks crammed with textbooks, sweets and toys. Noisy corridors ringing with children’s laughter. Chatting between friends about favourite lessons. Morning greetings from …
“She should be laid to rest in her homeland, beside her little brother”: Kaory´s return home
On the day Kaory returned to her home country of Honduras, her body was received by her father and siblings. It had been 13 days since her death in Mexico, and 10 years since she fled her homeland to …
Burkina Faso: When water scarcity meets conflict
… their health. Young people prefer to find odd jobs in cities, where they live in cramped, …
Afghanistan: Facts and figures for April-June 2016, focusing on detention
The ICRC's role in prisons is to monitor conditions of detention and the treatment of detainees, and to ensure respect for a prisoner's right to a fair trial, fair treatment and judicial guarantees …
Ethiopia: Solar power helps bring back water to the population of conflict-affected Lalibela
Zerihun Legesse is a Water and Habitat Project Manager at the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Ethiopia. He is currently managing an urban water supply project in …
Community-level economic support provides a lifeline for women in northern Mali
… that although most of the women do numerous jobs to try to make ends meet, making and …
Migration: Speech by ICRC president to Council of Europe
… and displaced communities, competition over jobs and economic development are by no means … home. But for this, they need three things: jobs for the adults, schools for the children, …
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