Supporting returning domestic workers

Supporting returning domestic workers Some 6.5 million Indonesians work overseas and many of them are female domestic workers. As the Indonesian government increases efforts to ensure their nationals have protection before, during and after they leave the country for employment, the Indonesian Red Cross Society has recently started to provide support to female domestic workers [...]

Horrifying conditions in besieged Syrian cities

Horrifying conditions in besieged Syrian cities With blockades of several Syrian cities creating catastrophic conditions for residents, the Movement called on all parties in the Syrian conflict to end all sieges being carried out across the war-torn country. As joint ICRC, United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent convoys delivered food, medicines and blankets into [...]

Better shelter for Sri Lanka’s displaced

Better shelter for Sri Lanka’s displaced Following the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka in 2010, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society began a housing and livelihoods project in the northern part of the country to support the most vulnerable of the displaced people, who can now finally return to their homelands. The [...]

Movement adopts new logo

For the first time in its 150-year-plus history, the Movement has approved a Movement-wide logo representing all its components — the ICRC, National Societies and the IFRC.

Phones, drones and beyond

Mobile phones were commonplace for many years before becoming an integral part of the humanitarian toolkit.

At the crossroads of crisis

Turkish Red Crescent: entrepreneurial spirit as it faces one of the world’s greatest humanitarian challenges right at its doorstep.

A call for humanity

In the shadow of mounting challenges, the Movement’s 32nd International Conference made a case for building a stronger humanitarian response from the ground up.

Focus: a human touch in the face of Ebola

Photographs taken by Victor Lacken during the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in 2014 and 2015

Bright ideas, local solutions

As humanitarians explore new technologies and innovation, how can local communities shape the technologies best suited for their needs?

A message to the World Humanitarian Summit

A message from Yves Daccord and Elhadj As Sy to world leaders.