Strength, dignity and ability: When women challenge disability
… for women? A: For years, women had very few jobs to choose from. Though many more are now …
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Nigeria: A Homecoming after Nine Years of Separation
… Alhaji would go to school and work small jobs while living in a camp for people …
Brazil: A story about Mandela
S.M. can find any book in the prison library in a matter of seconds. He is an inmate at the Irmã Imelda Lima Pontes Prison in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza and ran the library there until last …
Evacuations, a vital lifeline for gunshot wounded South Sudanese
The phone rings on a Friday afternoon. The ICRC’s contact on the ground in Torit, a town in the south of the country, has requested an evacuation of three children wounded by gunshots. They need to …
Myanmar: Picking up pieces and stitching a new life
Maji Kying Nang is among thousands to have been displaced from her home because of the fighting in Kachin. But she has been able to provide for her four children with the tailoring business she set …
Ukraine: "My husband went to visit his mother. That was the last time I saw him."
Gorlovka, Victoria Ostrovskaya's hometown, was one of the main industrial centres in eastern Ukraine. But with the sudden outbreak of conflict in the country in April 2014, the inhabitants of …
Tanzania: Family reunited amid a sea of refugees
Augustin Minani thought he would never see his children again. Fearing for his life after deadly attacks broke out in his neighbourhood in Burundi, the 31-year-old and his wife fled their home. But …
Jordan: Syrian refugees hope for a better future
Thousands of refugees have fled to Jordan to escape the Syrian conflict. Many have endured heartbreaking ordeals in Syria—only to face more struggles as refugees in Jordan. Resettlement can be a …
Myanmar: Some days are too much to bear, says woman displaced in Kayin State
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provided emergency assistance to over 1,500 displaced families who are currently living in Myaning Gyi Ngu, Ohn Taw, Khamamaung town and their …
Myanmar: Returning to Mindat
… meant they were now displaced, with no jobs, no way to get food, relying only on …
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