Daily life in Gaza
Mohammad Abu Kamil, 30, is a person with a disability. On Gaza’s port, he discusses how persons with disabilities should be treated in public spaces with some friends and acquaintances. Abed …
Mohammad Abu Kamil, 30, is a person with a disability. On Gaza’s port, he discusses how persons with disabilities should be treated in public spaces with some friends and acquaintances. Abed …
04-12-2019 Pretoria/Geneva (ICRC) – Armed violence in Mozambique's northernmost province Cabo Delgado is forcing scores of people from their homes, destroying villages and health centres, and making …
Players and coaches attending the workshop discuss skills and technique in one of the sessions. ©BIS Sangita Majhi, a student of class 12, has been living with spinal cord injury for seven years. She …
Statement to United Nations Security Council Briefing on UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) As delivered by Mr. Robert Mardini, Permanent Observer to the UN and Head of Delegation, ICRC New York …
03-12-2019 Geneva (ICRC) – With the goal of increasing sports opportunities and societal acceptance for people with disabilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in the midst …
ICRC has been a reference in many aspects of prison's health and nutrition. In the last 10 years, healthcare in detention programs grew significantly in the Arabic countries, and today, ICRC …
The amputation of Faris' right leg has not slowed him down, and he has no intention of it setting him back now. Faris Ibrahim seldom shares his story, not for fear he will be judged, but because he …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is asking donors for 2.2 billion Swiss Francs to fund its field operations and headquarters in 2020. Our largest operations in terms of budget are: …
2nd Wheelchair Basketball Workshop with Myanmar Paralympic Sports Federation, Yangon "The starting point for anything you do is the passion in your heart. It's my job to bring this passion out on the …
02-12-2019 Juba, South Sudan (ICRC)—Eighty wheelchair basketball players, including—for the first time—15 women, from across South Sudan have gathered in Juba for three weeks of training led by two …
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