Sana’a / Geneva, 12 August 2016 – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement mourns the death of another volunteer from the Yemen Red Crescent Society. Khalid Abdullah, a 65-year-old Red …
PMI and ICRC distributing spectacles and offering cataract surgery in the center highland areas of Papua. Credit: ICRC After a tragic incident in 2013, the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has stepped up …
Yemen's dreadful conflict has entered its second year with huge and urgent humanitarian needs. Ordinary people have paid the price for the violence which has left millions of Yemenis in urgent need …
15-08-2016 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, has described the fight for the Syrian city of Aleppo as one of the most devastating conflicts in modern times. …
Despite the ongoing efforts to achieve peace in Myanmar, fighting continues in northern Shan and in Kachin . Over 100,000 people are still displaced and thousands more affected by conflict and in …
Together with the Lebanese Internal Security forces (ISF), the ICRC finalized the rehabilitation of a district prison in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon. This is the second of seven projects targeting …
Lack of space and ventilation, as well as limited access to health and paralegal services—these are just some of the critical issues that the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) deals with …
Juba, South Sudan. Georgi waiting in line at one of the ICRC water distribution points. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Alyona Synenko ICRC water treatment plant, Lologo, Juba, South Sudan. A South Sudan Red …
The July outbreak of violence in Juba forced people to flee their homes. Scores were injured or killed. Looting and insecurity hampered economic activity, causing prices to soar and making basic …
On August 4, a team of 10 ICRC and Philippine Red Cross staff and volunteers from the Agusan del Sur chapter set out to travel 50 kilometers from San Luis town to Sitio Tumalog in Barangay Zillovia, …
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