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Jack is an Iranian engineer living in Greece. Back home in Tehran he owned his own construction company and was surrounded by a close-knit group of friends, colleagues and family. But that all changed one day.

For ten years, the people of Syria have faced a brutal and unrelenting crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic and recent harsher economic sanctions have exacerbated humanitarian needs, making the situation more untenable than ever before, for civilians with no …

From 3-7 April 2020, Tropical Cyclone Harold tore a path across the Pacific – starting in Solomon Islands before ripping through northern Vanuatu as a category 5 with winds of around 230 kmph, heavy rains and storm surges, and heading on to Fiji and To …

Challenging situations can also mean a fresh start. For 28-year-old Genghis Khan from Kyrgyzstan the COVID-19 pandemic changed his whole life.

  Sandra couldn’t sleep. It was the night of May 31st, the rain was falling in buckets from the sky and the wind was raging round the walls of the house. The storm Amanda was hitting the community La Anona in San Luis La Herradura in El Salvador. …

Randa El Ozeir: A group of people on the street flinched showing signs of apprehension and repulsion. They are Yemenis living in a remote area where volunteers, from the Yemen Red Crescent Society (YRCS) in their protective masks, put informative poste …

    Press Release Beirut, 19 June 2020 – Ahead of World Refugee Day on 20 June, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is increasingly concerned that migrants, refugees and internally displaced people are …

[Editor note: Guest post by 510 (Netherlands Red Cross) and Laurent Fernandez (Consultant)] Volunteering is in the heart of all we do with the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies. With 13.7 million volunteers located around the world, there are many types …

CAIRO, 15 June 2020 – Vulnerable groups, particularly women, displaced people, migrants, older persons and people with disabilities, may experience the most harmful impacts of COVID-19. This is due to many factors including discrimination and stigma, t …

The Data Literacy Consortium is an informal network convened by IFRC, Centre for Humanitarian Data (OCHA), and Fabriders. We created this space to help people share their experiences and best practices around data literacy. IFRC published the Data Play …