Cairo (ICRC) - Under the slogan #BeHumanKind, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) celebrated World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day on Saturday, with …
Susana* had not heard from her daughter, Daniela, for more than a year and a half. Just two weeks after Daniela left Venezuela in early 2020, she lost contact with her family and went for months …
Budapest/Geneva, 13 May 2022 Ahead of the International Day of Families on 15 May, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is expanding its family reunification services with a new initiative. The …
13-05-2022 A statement from Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), following a trip to Syria this week: It takes years, sometimes decades, for societies …
'Reframed' is a photographic exhibition with 35 images of people who live in areas affected by the armed conflict and other situations of violence, seen not just as victims, but in their essence as …
12-05-2022 Cairo (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Egypt’s Ain Shams University signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on education and legal research on …
يشكل الأمن في الميدان عنصراً رئيسياً من عناصر إدارة العمليات الإنسانية. وهو يؤثر على العديد من المجالات والجوانب المترابطة فيما بينها والتي يجب النظر فيها معا تبعاً لمكان عمل الشخص. ويقدم الدليل …
12-05-2022 Sahel (ICRC) - More than 10.5 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are at risk of facing hunger during the upcoming agricultural lean period -- the time between …
10-05-2022 Joint statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on the Brussels VI Conference on …
A landmine explosion. Clashes. Homes destroyed. This is an all too familiar story in Myanmar, where many have lost their homes during clashes. Some have been unable to return to their villages for …
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