28-year-old Su-Su loves her job helping injured children and adults walk again. She works in the Hpa-An Orthopaedic Centre in southern Myanmar, where she makes and custom fits artificial limbs for …
15-09-2014 Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) – Fighting in Quneitra governorate, including near Al Baath, the provincial capital, is forcing thousands of families to flee to Rural Damascus. The International …
14-09-2014 Geneva/Baghdad/Erbil – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has pledged to intensify its humanitarian activities in Iraq , and to increase assistance for more than 1.5 …
ICRC Nepal delegation seized the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the 1864 Geneva Convention—12 August 2014—to launch and promote the Review "ICRC: 150 years of humanitarian action" as well as …
12-09-2014 Aweil East/Juba (ICRC) – Some 40,000 people in Aweil East, Northern Bahar El Ghazal state, now have access to clean water thanks to the entry into service today of eight new water points …
In this video we see military personnel from the National Directorate of Security receiving first aid training from an ICRC first aid trainer. The training took place in April 2014 in Pul-i-Alam in …
Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2013 Volunteers from the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society provide first aid to people injured during politically motivated violence in Dhaka in 2013. © Bangladesh Red Crescent / …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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