Lebanon: Rebuilding a dignified livelihood
Lina with her three children in their makeshift home. Ras Baalbek, Lebanon, July 2015. “For three years I had no answer for my children when they asked me 'What are we were going to eat today?'. I …
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Brazil: armed violence in the cities and the Safer Access methodology
The local scenario and the Safer Access methodology from ICRC Jaqueline Naibert, a nurse at a Health Unit in Porto Alegre (State of Rio Grande do Sul), makes a home visit to Ivone de Fátima Soares de …
"For those affected by the conflict in Mali, everything has become a battle"
In Mali, people’s lives continue to be heavily impacted by the conflict there. Back in September, Martin Schüepp, the new director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
Lebanon: Bruised by multiple blows, people risk “huge, hidden scars”
… amid a spiraling economic crisis. The loss of jobs, businesses and savings had a harsh …
Remembering Hanna Lahoud: ‘He cared for everyone around him’
Hanna Lahoud, 37, died in Yemen on 21 April after being shot by an unknown gunman while on an ICRC work trip to visit a prison. Friends and colleagues Patrick Youssef, Fadi Farra and Majda Flihi …
Burundi : economic security for female heads of household
In the year 2016, we developed an economic security program in Bujumbura for the first time. In a pilot project, some 300 female heads of households in precarious situations were assisted to develop …
Colombia: Anatomy of a lockdown
For more than two months, an eerie silence enveloped the banks of the mighty Caquetá River, where the greenery of the jungle meets the flowing waters and indigenous and farming communities live in …
War in Cities: Marawi, the Philippines
… electricity. Many businesses were shut, many jobs simply no longer existed. You couldn't …
Pakistan: ICRC operational response to COVID-19
COVID-19 poses unprecedented challenges to states and communities across the globe. Like in many other countries, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has joined the massive efforts …
Nothing is impossible
- A story for the 10th anniversary of the IHL moot court The Law School of Nanjing University had never reached the final eight of an IHL Moot Court competition, narrowly finishing ninth two years …
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