Myanmar: Born without limbs, she scaled great heights with resolve
… for women? A: For years, women had very few jobs to choose from. Though many more are now …
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Nigeria: After six years, three siblings find their way home
Despite a long journey and ongoing armed conflict, Kaltum and her siblings were able to stick together and work alongside Nigerian Red Cross volunteers to find their way back to the family they’d …
Erbil: A new glimpse of hope, ICRC opens the largest Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Iraq
15-03-2022 On 15 March 2022, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formally opened its new Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Erbil, north of Iraq. The 14,630 sqm compound is the largest …
Ethiopia: ICRC, ERCS conduct management of the dead training
… gives instruction on how to do their jobs before beginning to handle the fatality …
She inspires: Breaking the bias this International Women's Day
… on the breadwinner’s juggling multiple jobs, to support my family of six. I also … used to work night and day, juggling multiple jobs, to support my family of six. I also …
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 …
World Humanitarian Day 2022: Faces of courage
Humanitarian workers often work in the world’s most challenging environments to reach people who need help. At the ICRC, we do this while exercising impartiality and neutrality. Neutrality means not …
Update on the humanitarian situation in Colombia
… high number of health workers quitting their jobs, which then impacts the delivery of … high number of health workers quitting their jobs, which then impacts the delivery of …
Gaza: "I refuse to be displaced again"
Abdel Fattah Shamallakh standing on the balcony of his destroyed house, which is still under reconstruction. Abdel Fattah Shamallakh, 58, is retired. “I worked as a fisherman for 35 years when …
Ethiopia: ICRC helps the production of crutches, crutch handles
The Nekemte Physical Rehabilitation Center (PRC), located in Wollega, Oromia region (west Ethiopia), started the production of crutches and crutch handles with the technical and material support from …
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