VENEZUELA: 365 days of humanitarian action
In the town of El Callao, in eastern Venezuela, the majority of people who work in mining live and work in outdoor settlements, making them very susceptible to malaria. Between June and July 2019, …
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Red Cross helps Sudanese refugee restore links with her separated relatives
Suada fled from her home in Sudan to Ethiopia in 2013 due to the armed conflict that broke out in her country. Fortunately, she and her family (her children and husband) reached a refugee Camp in …
Addis Ababa: ICRC president urges more respect of IHL by AU member states for effective “Silencing the guns in Africa by 2020”
Addis Ababa (ICRC) – President Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) left Addis Ababa today at the end of a visit to Ethiopia, during which he had talks with the highest …
Afghanistan: Inside Kandahar’s busiest medical facility, and the positive impact entrenched by ICRC
Imagine a medical facility with high traffic of 300 inbound patients each day, where the number of doctors and staff are disproportionate to the volume of patients. In addition, the country's …
Yemen: August to September 2019 ICRC activities
In August and September, the International Committee of the Red Cross maintained the implementation of its various activities in the realm of health care, physical rehabilitation, economic security, …
Yemen: 2019 ICRC activities
In Yemen, the ICRC delivers emergency assistance in the realms of health care, economic security and water and sanitation. We support hospitals, primary health care clinics and physical …
Israeli and Palestinian millennials are ‘most pessimistic’ on prospects for peace
16-01-2020 Jerusalem – Most Israeli and Palestinian millennials think the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “will never end”. Of several conflict-afflicted countries they were the most pessimistic in …
Majority of millennials see catastrophic war as real possibility, and believe there should be limits
16-01-2020 International Committee of the Red Cross survey asked 16,000 millennials in 16 countries their views on war. Geneva (ICRC) – Millennials see catastrophic war as a real likelihood in their …
Millennials think World War Three is likely in their lifetime
16-01-2020 Almost half of all millennials think it is more likely than not there will be a third world war in their lifetime, a new Red Cross survey finds. That's the result of a global survey of …
Traditional birth attendants in north-east Nigeria: “Without them, we would be doomed!”
"This is not a job to make money. It's just a way to help" Story by Nadera Zohra Bouazza Famata Hassan has a tragic relationship with childbirth. Her daughter was pregnant when she was forced to flee …
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