Philippines: Mindanao Newsletter 2016
We feature a roundup of our activities in Mindanao as well as stories of the people and communities we've supported in 2016. In this issue: Paying it forward a step at a time Health support in …
We feature a roundup of our activities in Mindanao as well as stories of the people and communities we've supported in 2016. In this issue: Paying it forward a step at a time Health support in …
Conflict and other situations of violence not only lead to loss of life, but also destroy people's homes and livelihood. Many people get separated from their families. The trauma and anguish of …
Some were smiling, others looked nervous. Nearly three dozen children and another 12 adults were waiting to board the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) airplanes that would soon deliver …
18-01-2017 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is shocked by the deaths of civilians and six aid workers from the Nigerian Red Cross following an airstrike on the town of Rann, near …
As Yemen approaches marking two years since the start of the conflict, the country faces one of the biggest humanitarian crises in the world. Around three million people -ten percent of the …
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Almost a thousand people in Tajikistan have fallen victim to mines and unexploded remnants of war either during the civil war in the country in the 1990s, or as a result of accidents along the border …
Semenivka, Ukraine, 2016. A car on the main road of the village close to the frontline. What once was 20 min drive, today takes long hours if not even days. Thousands of civilians are travelling …
Sports are extremely important for people with disabilities. They instil confidence and fight stigma and exclusion. We invited Jess Markt, a world-class wheelchair basketball coach from the United …
Receiving cash ended my humiliation. Before I had no dress, no pan or bed. All of this was humiliating. The cash released me and returned me to independence. In many cases, the simple act of giving …
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.