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Das Internationale Komitee vom Roten Kreuz: Wir sind seit 160 Jahren für von Konflikten betroffene Menschen im Einsatz und leisten weltweit humanitäre Hilfe.
Sexual violence has been recorded in over 51 armed conflicts. We work to prevent violence, reduce stigma & support safe access to care. We remind parties to conflicts that this crime is always forbidden. #16days
📍Nigeria | Alongside our efforts to help families find missing loved ones, we also focus on preventing separation. In Damaturu, we recently launched a school program teaching children how to remember key details about themselves and their family members to prevent separation.
Three years after the Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas was adopted, explosive weapons continue to devastate cities around the world. While 88 States now endorse it, commitments must translate into real change on the ground. Full statement by the ICRC President 👉🏼 ms.spr.ly/6011tTXyD
Despite losing his arm, Abu Isa never gave up. 💪 Once a taxi driver, he opened a hardware shop in Raqqa after his injury, expanding it with support from the @ICRC & @SYRedCrescent. Today, it provides a steady income, and he takes pride in teaching his children. 👇
📍Gaza With heavy rain, flooding and falling temperatures, families in Gaza are facing unbearable conditions. We are working with local communities to repair pumps, deploy machinery, and open blocked channels to ease the pressure on communities struggling through the winter.
Staying neutral allows us to do our job. It is not indifference: it is a deliberate choice. Our mission comes from the Geneva Conventions, universal laws that preserve a degree of humanity, even in war. Today, 162 years since our founding, neutrality remains as crucial as ever.
As we support people fleeing #Alfasher and first family links - updates soon! - we continue to assist communities across Sudan. In #Khartoum, 3M have fresh water; our Head of Delegation shares next steps during his recent visit to Al Manara plant. #Sudan
💧After years of disruption, the Ain al-Bayda water pumping station in rural Aleppo is fully back in service. Rehabilitated by the ICRC, SARC, Aleppo Water Board, and UNICEF, it brings safe water to 260,000 people.
Under the rules of war, parties to conflicts must help families find answers about missing loved ones. @CDroegeICRC, ICRC's chief legal officer, explains what this means in practical terms for families 👇🏽
📍 Sumy region, Ukraine | "Home is home," says Tetiana, an internally displaced mother. The armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine has forced countless families to flee, leaving everything behind. In Sumy, our teams at @ICRC_ua supported over 80 displaced people by delivering essential items to improve their living conditions.
Over 130 armed conflicts are raging today, twice as many as 15 years ago. Wars are lasting longer, growing more complex, and trapping entire generations 👇🏽
📍 Sudan | Thousands of people are arriving in Tawila, fleeing the horrors civilians are having to endure in Al Fasher. Mira Chibani, an ICRC restoring family links delegate at @ICRC_Sudan, shares more from Tawila 👇🏽
The effects of armed conflicts and situations of violence can last long after they end. For those who have experienced them, mental health is an essential part of recovery.
Families fleeing #AlFasher, North #Darfur need safe passage. 4,200+ arrived in Tawila camp since the last two days. ICRC team joined #SRCS colleagues in the camp last week reinforcing our support to the people. Head of Sub-delegation in El Geneina, John Patrick Naughton:
For six decades, the Fundamental Principles have enabled aid to cross frontlines and hope to reach despair. But today's climate puts them under extraordinary strain. Read (and listen) this text written by @PKraehenbuehl, our Director General, on why the Fundamental Principles must be lived, and not just remembered 👉🏽 ms.spr.ly/6016sh0hG
📍#DRCongo | In North Kivu, the conflict has disrupted the lives of many families like Nyalala's. To strengthen resilience in the face of food insecurity, the ICRC has launched a fish farming project in Luofu. 👇🏽
In eastern DR Congo, with medicine supplies exhausted and 40% fewer health workers, the sick and wounded, many injured by armed violence, face a harsh reality: they cannot receive the care they need. We call for urgent action to ensure the continued functioning of healthcare services, the delivery of medical supplies, the safe transfer of patients, and the protection of healthcare staff and infrastructure.
Homes Schools Hospitals Water, energy and agricultural infrastructure. These are civilian objects & must be respected and spared from hostilities. All parties of the conflict must take every possible precaution to prevent harm to them.
“The roof, windows, and doors were completely destroyed,” says Volodymyr Shevchenko, an engineer at the Primary Health Care Centre in Vasylkivka, Dnipropetrovsk Region. Our team delivered materials so that the facility can continue its life-saving work in the area. More here 👇
📍Sudan | Madeha’s husband went missing when the conflict reached Khartoum. Now displaced in Kassala, she sells charcoal and yogurt to care for her children, and holds onto hope that her husband is still alive. For families separated by war, the pain of not knowing never fades.
