Health care workers save lives: Condemnation of attacks linked to COVID-19
… workers are safe and able to carry out their jobs is crucial for their protection. Their …
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Resilience amidst immense loss and suffering: The first six months of 2023 in photos
From the devastating Türkiye-Syria earthquake to the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the eruption of fighting in Sudan, the first half of 2023 saw humanitarian needs …
Afghanistan: Thousands received life-saving assistance in 2015
Conflict and violence continue to devastate the lives of hundreds of thousands of Afghan people. In 2015, we provided basic aid, such as clean water and medical care, to those most in need across …
Health care in South Sudan: Beating the odds
Decades of violence in South Sudan have shattered hopes for a functional medical system. The Waat Primary Health Care Center we support was originally supposed to provide services to some 45,000 …
Philippines: Moving on in Zamboanga
… displaced families had lost their homes and jobs. The slow pace of the response and the …
Kenya, Djibouti and Tanzania: Facts and Figures 2021
This bulletin contains an overview of our operations in Kenya, Djibouti, and Tanzania in 2021. In 2021, the ICRC Nairobi Regional Delegation continued its work in places of detention focusing on …
Sri Lanka: Reflecting on a year of expanding humanitarian action
… communities get displaced and/or lose their jobs and livelihoods, and when the conflict … Wijayakumar. “We were happy to quit our jobs as labourers and go back to fishing,” he …
Ukraine: Baking bread for displaced people
Lubov Vasilievna fled her home town of Pervomaisk for the safety of Severodonetsk. Now she is part of a Red Cross team distributing bread to others who, like her, have had to leave their homes to …
Humanitarian journeys: ICRC staff share their experiences from the field
The International Committee of the Red Cross employs close to 20,000 people in over 100 countries. These humanitarians face unprecedented challenges as they work in difficult circumstances and in …
Crisis fatigue not an option as global hunger crisis deepens, the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement warns
13-09-2022 Geneva (ICRC/IFRC) – The warning lights are flashing on high: armed conflict, climate-related emergencies, economic hardship and political obstacles are leading to a growing wave of hunger …
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