ICRC in Yemen: Our work in 2015
In 2015, more than two million Yemenis were forced to flee their homes, thousands lost their lives and countless others were maimed or injured. Across the country, hospitals ran out of supplies, …
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Pakistan: Health Care in Danger study undertaken in Karachi
The ICRC together with its Karachi partners APPNA Institute of Public Health, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and Ziauddin University recently finished a study on violence against health personnel …
Our work in Jordan: Facts and Figures 2015
With the Syrian crisis showing no signs of abating, people continued to enter Jordan through the two crossing points of Hadalat and Rukban at the northeastern border. The ICRC has helped people at …
The ICRC in Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Laos: Activities in 2015
During the past year, the ICRC carried out a range of programmes and projects in Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Laos to benefit victims of violence and vulnerable people, including detainees and …
Homs, Syria: A day in the life
… Jerome Sessini/Magnum Photos for ICRC Empty streets, hollowed-out buildings, abandoned …
Afghanistan: Diary from the ground
I've just finished a four-day visit to Afghanistan, meeting people who can help us to help the people of this beautiful but war-torn country. Each day, I shared a few of my impressions, both here and …
The ICRC in Jordan
The ICRC has been present in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since 1967, as part of its international humanitarian mandate. It carries out a wide range of activities in the country, including …
Speech given by ICRC President at National University of Mongolia
Speech given Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on the transformation of conflict dynamics and their humanitarian consequences at the National University of …
Afghanistan: Displaced villagers long for home
It has been almost a year since Dunia Gul, a farmer and father of 12 children, fled with his family from Abdul-khil in eastern Afghanistan to Achin Bazaar, an hour and a half by car from Jalalabad. …
West Bank: Small grants go a long way
… instead of them getting into trouble in the streets, they help me with the production and …
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