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News Guinea Bissau: Aid for isolated north-west 14-11-2008 News release 15-10-2008 News release Section Ensuring economic security for people affected by war Section on how the ICRC provides survival relief, economic support and rehabilitation to boost the economic security of people who have lost the necessary means of production to be self-sufficient. Access to case studies and texts on emergency assistance, agricultural and veterinary rehabilitation programmes.  ref. ML-D-00002-07 "Economic security" activities are designed to ensure that households and communities have access to the means required to meet their essential economic needs. The aim of the ICRC Economic Security Unit is to ensure that the victims of war are able to maintain or regain their economic security at the household level. In practice this is translated into three different types of humanitarian action:
Economic support: to protect the vital means of production of conflict victims, so that they can maintain their productive capacity and economic self-sufficiency at the household level as much as possible; Survival relief: to protect the lives of conflict victims by giving them access to the economic goods essential to their survival when they can no longer obtain these by their own means; Economic rehabilitation: to support conflict victims to restore their means of production, and where possible, regain their economic self-sufficiency.  Key document3-7-2008 Land - a key issue for humanitarian agencies during armed conflictsAccess to land, its use, its management, its ownership and its transfer are key political issues in many armed conflicts, in particular when forced displacement is a wartime strategy. Land is also at the heart of humanitarian activities as farming it can be a way for communities affected by the fighting to recover long-term economic security. (ICRC Activities\Assistance\Economic security) Feature Includes Photo 1-3-2000 The ICRC Economic Security Unit Extract from ICRC special report: assistance (ICRC Activities\Assistance\Economic security) Includes Photo Food crisis16-10-2008 Food crisis: it's not enough just to deliver foodAs the worldwide food crisis deepens, the ICRC's Alain Mourey underlines the need to analyse the root causes, which can vary depending on the region. The author of the ICRC’s nutrition manual explains why it is not enough merely to supply the needy with food rations. (ICRC Activities\Assistance\Economic security) Interview Includes Photo 12-9-2008 Food crisis: the rising human costThe major food crisis that has taken hold in recent months is affecting millions of people across the globe and posing a threat to many more. Escalating prices of primary agricultural produce, together with an unprecedented increase in oil prices, are causing serious hardship, especially for the most vulnerable people. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is concerned about these developments and is gearing up for action. Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 2, 2008 (ICRC Activities\Assistance\Economic security) Press article Includes Photo 27-5-2008 Food crisis: the rising human costAs the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement prepares to take action in the face of the unprecedented food crisis. the head of the ICRC's Economic Security Unit, Barbara Boyle Saidi, looks at the underlying causes of the problem and the strategies needed to address it. (ICRC Activities\Assistance\Economic security) Interview Includes Photo Feature18-11-2008 Pakistan: ICRC delivers shelter kits to earthquake victims as temperatures plummetICRC assistance teams, working together with the Pakistan Red Crescent, have delivered nearly 1,200 winterized tents to victims of the 29 October earthquake in Balochistan. They are now in a race against time to deliver more durable shelter kits before winter arrives up in the mountains. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Pakistan) Feature Includes Photo 31-10-2008 Pakistan: earthquake victims face a gloomy winterWith winter looming, the prospects are grim for thousands of survivors of the earthquakes in south-western Pakistan. The full extent of the devastation caused by the quakes is yet to be established. The ICRC is assessing needs and extending its support to victims. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Pakistan) Feature Includes Photo 29-10-2008 Pakistan: earthquakes devastate Baluchistan Earthquakes have jolted south-western Pakistan, causing death and destruction and adding to the misery already caused by years of fighting. The ICRC is assessing the effects of the disaster and extending its support to the Pakistani people. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Pakistan) Feature Includes Photo 16-10-2008 Afghanistan: feeding families in needThe humanitarian situation remains grim in Afghanistan owing to the protracted conflict and chronic food insecurity, aggravated, among other things, by rising global food prices. With the winter looming, the ICRC has increased its emergency programmes for impoverished populations. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Afghanistan) Feature Includes Photo 7-10-2008 Georgia: 200,000 meals cooked in under three weeks.Thousands of displaced people in Gori cannot meet their basic needs. Even preparing meals has become a challenge to them. The Italian Red Cross offers them a lifeline. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Georgia) Feature Includes Photo 24-9-2008 Sri Lanka: ICRC helps displaced people return to traditional livelihoodsThe ICRC is set to distribute seed and fertilizer to small farmers displaced by the armed conflict in order to enable them to generate an income the way they used to – by cultivating their land. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Sri Lanka) Feature 10-9-2008 Philippines: a wet Ramadan and a tent for shelterOn the southern island of Mindanao, thousands of civilians fleeing clashes between the Philippine army and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front live precariously. The ICRC’s Iolanda Jaquemet talks to some of the civilians and reports on what the organization is doing to support them. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Philippines) Feature Includes Photo 8-8-2008 Central African Republic: the road home is paved with fear and povertySeveral thousand people fled the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2002 and 2003 for the refugee camps of Yoroungou, Chad. Now, they have begun the journey home to their villages in the north-west of the CAR. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Central African Republic) Feature Includes Photo 6-6-2008 Kenya: how livestock can bring enemies togetherPiers Simpkin is ICRC's regional livestock specialist in Nairobi. He speaks to Iolanda Jaquemet of a strange camel killer, of how a cattle virus can bring sworn enemies to the same room, and of ways to help endangered pastoralists across Africa. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Kenya) Feature Includes Photo 27-5-2008 Burundi: fighting forces thousands of people to take to the roadsSince fighting resumed in mid-April, people have been leaving many hillside areas and going back again as the fighting eases. The ICRC and the Burundi Red Cross are helping displaced persons and victims to survive in that setting. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Burundi) Feature Includes Photo 21-5-2008 Uganda: starting again from scratchSecurity has improved in Northern Uganda, and many among the internally displaced are returning to their homes. After years of absence, the challenges are many. Iolanda Jaquemet reports on the returnees' experience, and on the ICRC programmes that aim at helping the more vulnerable start a new life. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Uganda) Feature Includes Photo 15-4-2008 Casamance: women increase their incomes by cultivating their market gardensThe clashes between the Senegalese army and the Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) in past years forced the people of the Djibidione rural community in the Fogny area in northern Casamance to flee to Gambia. The ICRC has been present in the region since 2004, when it launched aid programmes to meet the needs of the population. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Senegal) Feature Includes Photo 4-4-2008 Ingushetia: popcorn a winner in NazranThe ICRC recently stopped its direct food aid to displaced persons from Chechnya in this north Caucasian republic. Instead, the organization is supporting economic micro-projects. Luba Rosdoieva was given a popcorn machine; she sells her wares at the market in Nazran, the former capital of the Ingushetian Republic. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) Feature Includes Photo 12-12-2007 Darfur: household items make a difference in Gereida campSince the Darfur conflict began, two million people have fled their villages to camps and started a new life away from their homes. Um Alhassan arrived in Gereida camp three years ago and there are still times when she struggles to provide enough means for her family. ICRC delegate Mireille Osbourne-Pellaud reports. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Sudan) Feature Includes Photo 29-11-2007 Africa: Farming Through ConflictThe brochure, “Farming Through Conflict”, presents fifteen case studies, exclusively of an agricultural nature, that show the diversity of farming practices all over the world. The case studies are intended to go beyond the immediate problems, tragic deaths and broken destinies caused by conflict and to show how people can cope and rebuild their livelihoods. The purpose of the brochure is to illustrate the type of answers that an organisation like ICRC can provide. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa) Feature Includes PDF 19-11-2007 Gaza: date palms and olive trees on levelled landOver the past two decades, farmers of the community of El Qarara in the Gaza Strip have seen their land levelled and some of it taken over completely as security zones were expanded. The ICRC is helping the farmers rehabilitate their land, livelihoods – and community spirit. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Palestine) Feature Includes Photo 27-8-2007 West Bank: food parcels for Hebron familiesOne woman describes how she and her family survive in the West Bank town of Hebron – just one of more than 1,700 families supported by the ICRC through the monthly distribution of food parcels. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Palestine) Feature Includes Photo 22-8-2007 Republic of the Congo: former refugees producing cassava and fish galoreWith ICRC support, people in the department of Pool are successfully reviving their fisheries and agricultural activities after years of stagnation due to the succession of conflicts that has plagued the Congo. Communication delegate Valery Mbaoh tells the story. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Congo-Brazzaville) Feature Includes Photo ICRC film31-12-2003 Under the olive treeThe video highlights ICRC's innovative urban voucher programme in providing economic assistance to the most vulnerable sectors of the Palestinian population. It shows the daily burden of a family in the West bank and the deterioration of its living conditions, as a consequence of closure and curfews. The programme gives beneficiaries the flexibility in choosing food and non-food items according to their needs. The ICRC's assistance to destitute Palestinians in Occupied Territories is carefully balanced with intervention calling upon Israel to take measures that will enable this population to resume as normal a life as possible and to respond to their humanitarian needs. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Films\Assistance) ICRC film ICRC Publication16-8-2008 Nutrition manual for humanitarian actionThis manual is an important tool for all humanitarian workers involved in the field of nutrition. In addition to presenting an in-depth explanation of human nutrition, nutrition crisis and nutritional programmes within humanitarian intervention, the manual highlights the importance of maintaining a better understanding of the broader impact of war on all aspects of daily life. It argues that food is not just a means for survival but that it is a basic right for those caught up in the conflict, as defined in international humanitarian law. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Publications\Assistance) ICRC Publication Includes PDF 7-7-2008 Economic securityThe ICRC's work to promote economic security is intended to ensure that households and communities can cover their unavoidable expenditures and maintain or restore sustainable livelihoods. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Publications\Assistance) ICRC Publication Includes PDF 10-9-2007 Guidelines for Cash Transfer ProgrammingThe guidelines are aimed at people with an existing understanding and experience of all elements of humanitarian assistance programming. This includes programme managers, disaster managers, desk officers, food security, economic security and livelihood experts. The guidelines are designed to be used by all components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, whether operating domestically or internationally, whether based in headquarters, in the field or in a branch office. (ICRC Activities\Assistance\Economic security) ICRC Publication Includes PDF 31-1-2005 Regional livestock study in the Great Horn of AfricaIn August 2002, the International Committee of the Red Cross recognised that it needed to acquire a better understanding of the livestock sector, tension and/or conflict generated by competition over natural resources, and thus be able to respond more appropriately to conflict related emergencies amongst livestock owners. A study was commissioned and this report is the output from the resulting 9-month study from June 2003 to March 2004. (ICRC Activities\Assistance\Economic security) ICRC Publication Includes PDF International Review of the Red Cross31-12-2001 The right to food in situations of armed conflict: The legal framework (Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 844) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF Interview13-8-2008 Economic support for thousands of families in Congo-Kinshasa - A major challenge at a time of global food crisisTo cope with the tragic situation in North and South Kivu, the ICRC has nearly doubled its assistance to people affected by the internal armed conflict. Ian Byram, who heads the ICRC’s economic security unit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, explains the action being taken by the ICRC to meet people’s needs. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Congo-Kinshasa) Interview Includes Photo 28-5-2008 Uganda: building on current successes for long-term stabilityFood and economic security have improved in Northern Uganda over the last three years. But much remains to be done. While witnessing some positive results from the ICRC and other humanitarian programmes, Peter Schamberger, the ICRC's outgoing coordinator for economic security for Uganda, cautions on the need to avoid complacency. (The ICRC worldwide\Africa\Uganda) Interview Includes Photo 13-12-2007 Colombia: improving displaced people's access to education, work and housingInterview with Christina Oberli, economic security project coordinator for the ICRC's delegation in Colombia. (The ICRC worldwide\The Americas\Colombia) Interview Includes Photo Job opportunity31-3-2008 Profession: Agricultural engineerin the field (About the ICRC\Human resources\Skills always in demand) Job opportunity Includes Photo Official Statement14-11-2005 Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including specific economic assistanceUnited Nations, General Assembly, 60th session, Plenary, item 73 of the agenda. Address of Ms. Anne Petitpierre, Vice-President International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), New York, 14 November 2005. (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\United Nations\60th General Assembly) Official Statement Operational update6-11-2008 Georgia / Russian Federation: a difficult winter ahead Three months since war broke out between Russia and Georgia, thousands of people face a difficult winter. The ICRC has been helping the most vulnerable including the displaced, dispersed families and the elderly. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Georgia) Operational update Includes Photo Press article31-8-2006 Food Security – a paradigm shiftIn spite of decades of dedicated effort and billions of dollars in aid, hunger still stalks the world. Why is hunger so entrenched? And what is the Movement doing about it?. – Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 2, 2006 (The ICRC worldwide\Africa) Press article 31-12-2004 Ukraine: Lost in transitionVulnerable groups, such as the elderly and ethnic Tatars, are struggling to get by in these uncertain times. The Ukrainian Red Cross, with support from the ICRC, is providing them with basic medical services - Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 3, 2004 (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Ukraine) Press article  |
