The Nekemte Physical Rehabilitation Center (PRC), located in Wollega, Oromia region (west Ethiopia), started the production of crutches and crutch handles with the technical and material support from …
In this booklet you can find out how your support is more important than ever, and how you can help us by naming the International Committee of the Red Cross in your will. TOGETHER, WE BRING HOPE …
Humanitarian workers often work in the world’s most challenging environments to reach people who need help. At the ICRC, we do this while exercising impartiality and neutrality. Neutrality means not …
… high number of health workers quitting their jobs, which then impacts the delivery of … high number of health workers quitting their jobs, which then impacts the delivery of …
Abdel Fattah Shamallakh standing on the balcony of his destroyed house, which is still under reconstruction. Abdel Fattah Shamallakh, 58, is retired. “I worked as a fisherman for 35 years when …
… Initiatives such as employability training, jobs in private companies and microcredit … life as a result of ICRC efforts to find them jobs in private-sector companies and provide …
… on the breadwinner’s juggling multiple jobs, to support my family of six. I also … used to work night and day, juggling multiple jobs, to support my family of six. I also …
Despite a long journey and ongoing armed conflict, Kaltum and her siblings were able to stick together and work alongside Nigerian Red Cross volunteers to find their way back to the family they’d …
15-03-2022 On 15 March 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formally opened its new Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, north of Iraq. The 14,630 sqm compound is the largest …
… gives instruction on how to do their jobs before beginning to handle the fatality …
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International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
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