Market day is on Wednesday this week in Mongsi, a small town of around 6,000 people in northern Shan State. It is a busy day for Daw Jhone Zay. The 45-year-old mother of three and proud grandmother …
Since the end of the civil war in 1990, the ICRC has been encouraging the Lebanese authorities at all levels to take concrete measures to clarify the fate of people unaccounted for and to provide …
28-09-2016 Abuja (ICRC) – Nearly 80 doctors, nurses and other health care workers from across Nigeria have attended a three-day surgical seminar aimed at improving the skills needed to respond to …
Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, We met in New York exactly 149 days ago, for the adoption of the resolution 2286, which many of us appreciated for its clarity in language, …
“I want to be handsome,” says Ahmed Habib, while performing a sketch. Ahmed, 15, is a boy from Shujaeya neighbourhood in Gaza City, which was heavily affected by the 2014 conflict. To this day, …
The 17-year-old would have been the mother of twins. Nyandieng's first child was delivered at the family's simple mud and straw home. But complications prevented the second twin's birth. Seeking …
In Afghanistan, getting to a central hospital may mean choosing between travelling dangerous roads at night and risking death by waiting for the next day. Just a little extra training for the …
Paiwand-Ali, 49, is from northern Afghanistan. He was a police officer until he lost his leg to a landmine in 1990. Photos by Gueorgui Pinkhassov/Magnum Photos for the ICRC Paiwand-Ali as a police …
01-10-2016 Port Moresby (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has urged communities in PNG affected by tribal conflict to respect and protect health services at all times. ICRC …
The ICRC tries to ensure that its activities on behalf of IDPs and those at risk of displacement support, rather than undermine, communities' and individuals' self-protection mechanisms and coping …
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