Emergency assistance for people fleeing war
Every year hundreds of thousands of people flee from fighting and are left without the basic means of survival – food, water and shelter. The ICRC's Economic Security Unit (ECOSEC) is there to help …
Every year hundreds of thousands of people flee from fighting and are left without the basic means of survival – food, water and shelter. The ICRC's Economic Security Unit (ECOSEC) is there to help …
Meet Dr Masao Tomonaga, Honorary Director of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital. Dr Tomonaga has cared for leukaemia patients, including atomic bomb survivors, and focused on how …
Somalia has been ravaged by decades of armed conflict which has disrupted livelihoods and thrown the social fabric into disarray. Seasonal occurrences of drought and floods deepen the crisis by …
Persistent heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar, exacerbated by Cyclone Komen on July 31, have caused landslides and extensive flooding across the country. The International Committee of the Red Cross …
Please don't make any more like us. We don't want any more hibakusha This is the prayer of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - also known as "hibakusha". They came together to share their …
Harbel, Liberia, 24 June 2015. The deputy head of the ICRC's Liberia delegation, Benjamin Lark, explains the role of the ICRC to Joshua During, deputy commander of the Emergency Response Unit (riot …
By Tadateru Konoe, President, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross Consider a shocking reality: …
A round table to present the Montreux Document to the Malagasy authorities was held on 18 June 2015 in the capital Antananarivo. This initiative was taken by the National International Humanitarian …
Seventy years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Red Cross hospitals are still treating thousands of survivors and identifying new links between radiation exposure and fatal …
The armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has lasted over 20 years, is still driving families from their homes. Those who return, after months or even years of living in …
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