Empress Shôken Fund announces grants for 2023
This year, a total of 367,187 Swiss francs have been allocated to 13 projects in Albania, Belgium, Burundi, Eswatini, Fiji, Guinea, Honduras, Indonesia, Paraguay, Sudan, Syria, Thailand and Uruguay. …
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Communities celebrate clean water in Ethiopia
A lack of running water was a daily reality for thousands of people in Roggee, a small town in Ethiopia`s Oromia region. For years, misery spread in the township as people struggled every day for a …
Mexico and Central America: Violence jeopardizes thousands of lives
The ICRC's Regional Delegation for Mexico and Central America presented its Humanitarian Report 2022-2023, in which it warns of the profound humanitarian consequences associated with armed violence, …
Facing the impact of climate change and armed conflict in the Near and Middle East
A new ICRC/Norwegian Red Cross policy brief "Making Adaptation Work" presents how the humanitarian consequences of environmental degradation and climate change are aggravated by armed conflict in the …
Libya: Navigating the water scarcity challenge in Wadi Ataba's harsh desert environment
The Libyan desert is a place of breathtaking beauty. Yet, for the people of Wadi Ataba, it has also been a place of struggle and hardship. For years, they have battled against the elements in search …
Nearly 900 detainees from the Yemen conflict to return home on ICRC flights
Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today began a multi-day humanitarian operation to transfer nearly 900 detainees held in relation to the conflict in Yemen. The …
Sudan: Fighting in densely populated areas endangers civilian lives; Humanitarian organizations must be able to reach those in need
16-04-2023 Khartoum (ICRC) – As clashes continue in Khartoum and other Sudanese cities, heavy gunfire and blasts are happening in the proximity of densely populated residential areas and civilian …
Yemen: “A great moment of humanity” as detainees are released
At the request of the parties involved in the fighting in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated mid-April 2023 the release and transfer of 973 people detained in …
Yemen & Saudi Arabia: Families reunited as more than 970 conflict-related detainees released in two operations over four days
17-04-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – Over the last four days, 973 former detainees held in relation to the conflict in Yemen were repatriated to Yemen and Saudi Arabia by the International Committee of the Red …
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