Unsung heroes of Pakistan: Health-care workers taking risks to save lives
… out of school, and force them to find jobs.” Asim Rafiqui/NOOR for ICRC Daisy …
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Kenya: Hope for women after Lamu attack
… had the energy to farm or look for manual jobs that could feed her family. Good news …
Sahel: Security concerns obscuring five-country humanitarian emergency
14-11-2017 Dakar/Geneva (ICRC) – The precarious security situation in Africa's Sahel region is overshadowing a massive humanitarian crisis affecting 12 million people in five countries, the …
Nigeria: Saleh Shares his Story of Displacement
… on people's farms and engaged in menial jobs to get paid." With this support, Saleh …
Libya: ICRC inaugurates dormitory annexed to Benghazi Physical Rehabilitation Centre
On the 14th of December 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formally opened a newly constructed dormitory annexed to the Physical Rehabilitation Centre of Benghazi, east of …
Ethiopia: ICRC covers school expenses for 40 underage ex-combatants and children of ex-combatants
… are daily labourers or engaged in irregular jobs with meagre income that cannot even feed …
Laos: ASEAN discusses strategies to strengthen assistance for victims of unexploded ordnance
Luang Prabang (ICRC) – Twenty-four experts from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam gathered in Luang Prabang today to discuss national policies and best practices that could benefit people injured …
Afghanistan: How we've helped in 2016
The ever growing needs of the Afghan population suffering from the conflict has been exacerbated by the shrinking access of humanitarian aid workers in numerous parts of the country. Intensification …
Ethiopia: For the love of the game
Promoting social inclusion for people with disabilities through basketball. "I have grown to love basketball, I feel like it is my safe space where I can be myself, it makes me happy." Abinet …
Afghanistan: Earthquake kills more than 1,000, deepening a humanitarian emergency
A devastating earthquake in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktika on 22 June has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people and injured even more. Following the deadly quake, the Afghan Red …
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