During 2017 millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen faced a severe food crisis with risks of famine and were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Read MoreThe Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is made up of 190 National Societies, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Read MoreNairobi/Geneva, 7 August – A team of Red Cross experts has arrived in the town of Beni, close to the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The 19-person...
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All photos: Munem Wasif/ VU/ ICRC. Reporting by Farzana Hossen and Lynette Nyman. A feature by Red...
Read MoreDamascus/Beirut/Geneva, 29 December 2017—Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers and staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have successfully transferred 29 people with serious health conditions from eastern...
Read MoreThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian network and is guided by seven Fundamental Principles: Humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, universality and unity.
