World Mental Health Day: Healing hidden wounds
Violence and conflict cause physical wounds, but they also cause unseen mental wounds. Emotional, psychological and psychosocial suffering of victims is often overlooked, however it can be just as …
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World Mental Health Day: Helping those who help others
Nearly everywhere that the ICRC works, it is alongside ordinary people who commit their energy, passion, and knowledge to strengthen their communities through the toughest of times. These people, …
DRC: Performing war surgery without electricity
How do you ventilate a patient on the operating table without electricity? What's the difference between a war-wounded patient and one injured in a traffic accident? Dr Obady Kamble, a surgeon in …
Health Care in Danger: A hospital is more than just a building
A hospital is more than a building. Its protection is not just about erecting perimeter fences and installing bullet-proof windows. The safety and well-being of personnel, both physical and mental, …
Cambodia: Wheelchair basketball brings strength and solidarity to players
Mary Allison Cook lost the use of her legs when she was only three years old. But being in a wheelchair has never been a disability for Mary. "I grew up using a wheelchair and not having the use of …
Ukraine: Portable toilets keep queuing motorists away from mines
Queues of several kilometres are common at the Berezovoe checkpoint in Donbas region. Until recently, people waiting to cross the demarcation line were using nearby bushes as toilets, unaware of the …
Bangladesh: Braving physical disabilities through cricket
"I may have a disability, but it's not an inability to play the game I love – cricket," says Shafiqullah Samim, an all-rounder with the Afghanistan Physically Disabled Cricket team. "At the 5-nation …
Ukraine crisis: What the ICRC did to help in August 2015
30,000 people in Donetsk and Lugansk regions received food 10,000 people in Donetsk and Luhansk regions received construction materials, such as cement, bricks, timber and roofing, to help repair …
Lebanon: Healing wounds from conflict, inside and out
Patients are not just fitted with prostheses at the Weapon Traumatology & Training Centre (WTTC) in Tripoli, Lebanon, they also receive psychosocial support to help address the trauma they have …
Detention - the humane way
Millions of people live behind bars. Whatever the reason for their imprisonment, they have the right to be held in humane conditions, free from ill-treatment and torture. The ICRC has been working in …
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