| Section showing the ICRC’s work by country. It maintains a permanent presence in over 60 countries and conducts operations in about 80. Essential support and back-up to its field operations is provided from its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. 28-4-2008 Sri Lanka: fisheries project gives life to returnees in the East
As part of its attempts to promote economic security for the returnee population in the Batticaloa district, the ICRC has initiated an inland fisheries project aimed at restoring the livelihoods of more than 480 fishermen who earn a living from fresh water and lagoon fishing.(The ICRC worldwide) |
29-4-2008 Gaza is running out of fuel
The current fuel crisis is causing increasing hardship for the people of the Gaza Strip. The ICRC warns that the long-term consequences may be severe if sufficient supplies are not made available to ordinary people and for facilities like public transport, hospitals and water pumping stations.(The ICRC worldwide) |
18-4-2008 Afganistan: landmine survivors play football
As the clock counts down to Euro 2008 ™, the ICRC and UEFA have teamed up to help the survivors of landmines in Afghanistan through the www.scorefortheredcross.org campaign. Recently, a group of Afghan landmine victims organized a football match outside the ICRC's orthopaedic centre in Kabul to show their support for the charitable campaign.(The ICRC worldwide) |
16-3-2008 Iraq: water, sanitation and health care lacking for millions of people
Five years after the war started, the humanitarian situation in Iraq is among the most critical in the world. Every day, Iraqis continue to be killed, often in indiscriminate attacks. Health services and utilities are inadequate and the situation is worsened by the lasting effects of earlier armed conflicts and sanctions.(The ICRC worldwide) |
20-3-2008 Kyrgyzstan: fighting drug-resistant TB in the prisons
Prisons in Kyrgyzstan have long been a breeding ground for tuberculosis, including drug-resistant strains that are extremely difficult to treat. The ICRC is helping the authorities to tackle this deadly infectious illness behind bars. A report from the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.(The ICRC worldwide) |
8-4-2008 Chad: adapting assistance to specific needs of the displaced in the east
Following the failed offensive on the Chadian capital, N'Djamena in early February, increasingly frequent confrontations between armed opposition groups and the army continue in Chad, along with regular, localized inter-community violence in the east. Interview with Dominik Stillhart, the ICRC's deputy director of operations.(The ICRC worldwide) |
23-4-2008 Somalia: 'delivering the goods' despite increasingly volatile climate
The situation in Somalia is growing steadily worse, with increasing violence having caused a mass exodus from Mogadishu. Daniel Gagnon, the ICRC's economic security delegate in Somalia, describes the plight of the beleaguered Somali people, and what the ICRC is doing to help.(The ICRC worldwide) |
News release 24-5-2007 Annual report – ICRC boosts aid in face of growing conflict and displacement
Geneva (ICRC) – "The intensification of a number of conflicts around the world in 2006, often accompanied by large-scale internal displacement, caused immeasurable suffering and presented complex humanitarian challenges", said Jakob Kellenberger, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on launching the ICRC's annual report to donors in Geneva.(News) |
| 7-5-2004
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Colombia/Panama: a Red Cross message crosses the Darién forest
