Report: Colombia: humanitarian challenges 2016
… professional training, support finding formal jobs and access to microcredits. In 2016, we …
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Pakistan: Campaign to make Karachi safer for ambulance services
11-03-2016 Karachi (ICRC) - Today, a public-service campaign was launched in Karachi to get motorists to give way to ambulances and generally increase respect for ambulance services. Joining forces …
Fiji Red Cross and ICRC restore contact between families after cyclone
Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston, which tore across Fiji on 20 and 21 February, was the strongest cyclone ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. With sustained winds of 298 km/h when it made …
Syria: How much longer?
… workers are protected and allowed to do their jobs in safety. We also mark this anniversary …
Afghanistan: Diary from the ground
… daily struggle for them. Little security, few jobs. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC There are many ways … to seek work abroad. There are practically no jobs in the region, so leaving is the only …
Eritrea / Ethiopia: Mother, daughter reunited after 18-year separation
Tears streamed down Lemlem's cheeks the whole day after returning to Ethiopia. Why so many tears? Her return voyage from Eritrea allowed Lemlem to reunite with her daughter after being apart for 18 …
Sri Lanka: Reflecting on a year of expanding humanitarian action
… communities get displaced and/or lose their jobs and livelihoods, and when the conflict … Wijayakumar. “We were happy to quit our jobs as labourers and go back to fishing,” he …
What are the triggers for global conflicts, and what can we do about them?
… in contexts of fragility: education for kids, jobs for adults and security for communities. …
The 104th Empress Shôken Fund awards
The Empress Shôken Fund is named after Her Majesty the Empress of Japan, who, in 1912, proposed the creation of an international fund to support the peacetime activities of National Red Cross and Red …
Ukraine: "My husband went to visit his mother. That was the last time I saw him."
Gorlovka, Victoria Ostrovskaya's hometown, was one of the main industrial centres in eastern Ukraine. But with the sudden outbreak of conflict in the country in April 2014, the inhabitants of …
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