Sri Lanka: Our principles in action
The latest newsletter from the ICRC delegation in Sri Lanka features a variety of articles, including updates on our work in the country, how we're addressing the needs of families of missing …
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Mali: Ansongo's fishermen prepare to net a better living
Several reports have highlighted the effects of Mali's conflict on farming and commerce, but little has been done to help the fisheries sector, which is the main source of income for people living …
Conflict in Yemen: Political solution needed to end the suffering
In the cramped conditions of Al-Mansoura hospital in Aden, the medical staff are doing their best. The heat and the dust do not make things any easier. Electricity and water shortages are an added …
Central African Republic: A simple injection changes lives
An ICRC-sponsored vaccination programme is helping to save the livelihoods of agro-pastoralist communities in the Central African Republic. "Without this vaccination programme up to 70 per cent of …
Myanmar: Red Cross Movement scales up assistance to help growing number of flood-stricken communities
11-08-2015 Yangon / Geneva, 11 August 2015 – Today the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched an emergency appeal to support flood-stricken communities in …
ICRC president says the world must wake up to the suffering in Yemen
11-08-2015 The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has said he is appalled by the suffering he has witnessed in Yemen. On a three-day visit to the country, …
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Philippines: Sustaining livelihoods of farmers in Negros
Most Filipino farmers consider carabaos (water buffalos) as faithful partners in life. In remote communities in which conventional farming is commonly practiced, farmers mainly rely on a carabao's …
Yemen: people in desperate need of assistance
Sana’a, Sawan district Civilian areas have not been spared the fighting. All sides have suffered. CC BY-NC-ND/ICRC/T. Glass Taiz, Dahra area of Janad district Amidst the destruction, the civilian …
Mali: Struggle for survival in Kidal amid water and health-care crises
"Many medical staff have fled the fighting and water shortages are rife in the Kidal region, in northern Mali," said Ibrahima Tounkara, who is in charge of the ICRC's activities in the area. To help …
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