Nigeria: Food and water
Many refugees and internally displaced people say that a lack of food is their main concern. Some families have just a tiny bit of rice every day to survive on. With so many people uprooted and …
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Tanzania: Burundi refugees flood into Kagunga and Kigoma
Kagunga, Tanzania, 17 May 2015 With an estimated 50,000 people in Kagunga, the main priority is to ease the congestion by transferring the refugees to Nyarugusu refugee camp in Kigoma where …
Nigeria: Massive long-term effort needed to tackle humanitarian crisis in north
21-05-2015 Geneva/Abuja (ICRC) – On his first official visit to Nigeria, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer has called on the international community …
Philippines: ICRC assists displaced people in Maguindanao
22-05-2015 Manila (ICRC) – More than 63,000 people, displaced by the month-long fighting in March between government security forces and armed groups in Maguindanao province (Mindanao), received …
Nepal earthquake: Invisible wounds need healing
A powerful quake, then hundreds of aftershocks. Death and destruction have brought fear and nightmares in their wake. Psycho-social support to hard hit communities aims at healing the minds of …
Nigeria: Displacement
When families flee their homes, they can no longer tend their fields. When agricultural production drops, trade falls off; a sweeping, downward economic spiral. And when families flee their homes, …
Colombia: Life-changing potatoes
Fanny and her children fled the violence in their region of Colombia, only to land up in a dangerous, run-down part of Medellín. The ICRC helped them start a mobile potato-selling business. Today, …
Media debates its role in reporting conflicts and disasters
Hosted by the ICRC, the Asia Pacific Media Conference saw 23 senior media representatives from 12 countries gather in Hiroshima, Japan from 26-28 November 2014. The deliberations lasted a day and a …
Colombia: My beautiful hairdresser
Roger comes from a part of Medellín plagued by gang warfare. If you come from there, no employer will touch you. But Roger was determined to get ahead. Thanks to the ICRC, he was able to open a small …
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement commits support to migrants granted temporary shelter in Indonesia and Malaysia
Statement Geneva, 21 May 2015 – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement welcomes the announcement that thousands of migrants who have been stranded at sea will be able to access …
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