Myanmar: Restoring mobility in local communities
It's been months since U Maung Haw lost the foot of his prosthetic leg. A guard in a remote rubber plantation, U Maung Haw couldn't get leave approved to travel to the Hpa-An Orthopaedic …
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Bangladesh: Respect for the dead and humanitarian principles
28-29 March 2015, Dhaka: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organized a seminar of more than 100 Islamic law experts and academics on respect for the dead from the perspective of …
Doubling the emergency response to the Syria crisis
Statement With at least another five years of intense humanitarian activity ahead, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement needs long-term support to increase its activities Statement of the …
Yemen: ICRC calls for unimpeded delivery of medical supplies as heavy conflict persists
31-03-2015 Sana'a/Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday called for the urgent removal of obstacles to the delivery to Yemen of vital medical supplies needed to treat …
Syria / Yemen / Mali: Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement shocked by deadly attacks on humanitarian workers
Statement Geneva / Damascus / Sana'a / Bamako – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is shocked and saddened by three unconnected attacks that took place yesterday against teams …
Syria: Bringing water to the displaced
By working closely with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) every day, the ICRC has been assisting millions of people in Syria since the onset of the conflict four years ago. ICRC provided SARC with …
Syria crisis: humanitarian situation, needs and response
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Well over one third of Syria's pre-conflict population of 22 million is living in hard to reach and besieged areas or has sought refuge elsewhere in …
Can we bring a glimmer of hope to Syrians? - article by Peter Maurer, Huffington Post
In the cold nights of the northern Syrian spring, can you imagine the perils of giving birth in a hospital with no electricity? Newborns stood little chance of survival amid the chaos and carnage in …
Landmines: A legacy of war
Barrio Chiuijo, Mozambique Liquina Gimo Kariche, 65, lost her right leg above the knee to an anti-personnel landmine in 1987, three years after her husband was killed by an anti-personnel landmine. …
100 Years on: Such tragedies must never happen again
Sarah Epprecht, head of the ICRC delegation in Armenia, reflects on the tragic loss of countless Armenian lives under Ottoman rule a century ago. 2015 is the centennial of what is conventionally held …
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