Street art project in Ein el-Helweh
Only 1 square kilometer, Ein El-Helweh is home to nearly 70,000 refugees. The Palestinian refugee camp has witnessed rounds of violence over the years that led to a stressful environment for its …
Only 1 square kilometer, Ein El-Helweh is home to nearly 70,000 refugees. The Palestinian refugee camp has witnessed rounds of violence over the years that led to a stressful environment for its …
Wuro Dadi is part of a network of farmer and herder settlements that live on the flood plain of the Benue river, on the outskirts of the capital city of Yola. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Adavize Baiye …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) rehabilitated the public school of Kherbet Daoud , a town in the northern Lebanese region of Akkar . The school brings together Lebanese and Syrian …
In the past seven years, the village of Bani Sakhr on the northern Lebanese-Syrian borders has tripled in size due to the number of refugees escaping the nearby conflict. In order to support both the …
The impact of the disappearance of a loved one is one of the most damaging and lasting humanitarian consequences of armed conflicts, other situations of violence, migration and natural disasters. The …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) collaborated to host the fifth edition of the Military in Security Operations workshop in Phnom Penh …
In the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh , schools are often caught in the crossfire when violence erupts. In the Marj Ben Amer School, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
Every 13 April, Lebanon commemorates the painful memory of the start of the 15-year-long civil war that raged from 1975 until 1990. The war left thousands of civilians wounded and thousands others …
Story by Mari Aftret Mortvedt, ICRC The Al Hol camp in Syria is filled with children , mostly from Syria , but there are faces from every continent. In fact, two-thirds of the 70,000 people living in …
During 2019, the ICRC expanded its operations in the country in order to respond to the most urgent needs of the Venezuelan population in an impartial, neutral and independent manner, in cooperation …
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