Humanitarian situation and ICRC action in Colombia
… Initiatives such as employability training, jobs in private companies and microcredit … life as a result of ICRC efforts to find them jobs in private-sector companies and provide …
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Bled dry - How war in the Middle East is bringing the region to the brink of a water catastrophe
The Middle East’s water supplies – and the people who depend on them – are at breaking point. On this page that provides highlights of the full report, we detail the inter-related network of problems …
War pushing water shortages to breaking point in the Middle East, says ICRC report
… essential services, together with a lack of jobs, has resulted in mounting social …
Syria crisis: humanitarian situation, needs and response
… • Around the region, tension over access to jobs and social services are rising for …
Belarus: Someone will be there to answer
Fleeing the fighting in Ukraine, people left behind their homes and belongings and sought refuge where they could. Many went to Belarus. Official estimates put the number of refugees from Ukraine …
New Report - Domestic Normative Frameworks for the Protection of Health Care
Brussels (ICRC) - The ICRC has released a new report, part of its Health Care in Danger campaign, with recommendations for states on implementing rules of international law that protect the provision …
Yemen / Syria: Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement condemns killing of four more Red Crescent workers
Statement Joint statement, ICRC, IFRC, Sana'a / Damascus / Geneva – Two brothers working for the local branch of the Yemen Red Crescent Society were shot dead today in the southern port city of Aden …
ICRC Somalia detention activities 2015
An overview of the ICRC's detention work in Somalia. Check-out the ICRC website in Somali: http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/languages/somali/index.jsp Every detained person needs water in sufficient …
Displaced from Ukraine: No house, no job... now what?
At the age of 56, Tatyana had to leave her house in Shakhtarsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Fleeing from gunfire and shelling, she went to Krasnodar with her disabled husband. But it's hard to get …
Ukraine: Baking bread for displaced people
Lubov Vasilievna fled her home town of Pervomaisk for the safety of Severodonetsk. Now she is part of a Red Cross team distributing bread to others who, like her, have had to leave their homes to …
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