Red Cross help for displaced people in Myanmar
This young couple in northern Myanmar lost their home and land when fighting broke out in their village. For over a year they have had to stay with relatives, with no money and no job. They are among …
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Syria: SARC first responders need to be respected
Statement Damascus/Geneva (SARC-IFRC-ICRC) - On World First Aid Day [13 September 2014], the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement calls for the greater protection for Syrian Arab Red …
Turkey: ICRC president discusses regional cooperation with Turkish Red Crescent
11-09-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – Peter Maurer, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), today completed a two-day visit to Turkey, which he made at the invitation of the …
ICRC facilitates handover of Azerbaijani citizen
11-09-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – An Azerbaijani citizen who crossed the Line of Contact on 5 September 2014 was handed over to the Azerbaijani government today in an operation carried out under the …
Humanity in War: Frontline photography since 1860 at the Braid, Ballymena
When: 11 September - 28 October 2014 Where: The Braid, Ballymena Town Hall, 1-29 Bridge St, Ballymena, County Antrim BT43 5EJ, United Kingdom Since the second half of the nineteenth century, …
Water in Gaza: Priorities and challenges
Our teams are working with the municipal authorities to repair Gaza's water and sanitation services and its electricity system, all badly damaged by the conflict. But it will take years to fully …
South Sudan: Alarming food insecurity forces budget boost
10-09-2014 Geneva/Juba (ICRC) – With high malnutrition rates, prolonged displacement and health-care facilities under enormous pressure, the humanitarian situation in South Sudan remains bleak. The …
Myanmar: Making a living from amber polishing
Fighting in northern Myanmar has forced thousands of people to flee their homes since 2011. In a camp for displaced people near the town of Mytkhyina, Maung Htun is learning an unusual skill – …
Syria: Food aid reaching more people
In August, the ICRC and its Syrian Arab Red Crescent partner provided food aid for 530,000 people across 10 Syrian governorates, including 90,000 people living in opposition-controlled areas – the …
Ukraine crisis: ICRC activities up to end of August
The ICRC has a delegation in Kiev, offices in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Odessa and sub-offices in Severodonetsk, Lugansk and Mariupol. We currently have some 90 staff in the country, and are deploying …
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