International Women’s Day: Support and protect women coping with conflict in Syria
… for us," says Kadija, a widow who finds odd jobs to support her family. "But it's not …
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Red Cross Red Crescent denounces recent violence against its volunteers and staff
… these workers are prevented from doing their jobs because of safety concerns. The Red Cross …
Lebanon: Cooking with grace
… The women cook, and the men deliver. We need jobs to get our men off the streets and away …
Sri Lanka - A year for the ICRC to expand its response
Table of contents Editorial Rembering the Indian Ocean tsunami Colombo hosts first regional legislative drafting workshop on international humanitarian law Health care in detention: An interview with …
Strengthening health systems through collaboration and innovation
… health workers leave to find better paid jobs elsewhere. There is need for communities …
Somalia: How to better reintegrate detainees into society
As part of its work in detention centres in Somalia, the ICRC set up a vocational training programme in Bossasso prison in 2013. Detainees are able to take courses in carpentry, masonry and sewing. …
Lebanon: Strengthening the resilience of communities affected by violence
Tripoli, Lebanon's second largest city, has been the scene of recurrent outbursts of armed violence between the marginalized communities of the Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen neighbourhoods. Since …
Lebanon: Helping vulnerable people invest in what they need
Ibrahim is one of many Lebanese forced to flee the conflict in Syria and return to Lebanon. Finding a job is tough, and he struggles to make ends meet. The ICRC is helping him, and others like him, …
Ethiopia: From despair to joy for two teenagers reunited with their mother
Two Eritrean teenagers, their young lives in ruins, have been reunited with their mother in France following efforts by the ICRC in cooperation with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, the French Red …
Afghanistan: Overcoming a disability with innovation, skill and courage
3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In the countries where we are working, people with disabilities are often among those who suffer the greatest hardship. This is …
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