Jowhara and her herd of goats “I will make them a small camp next to my house and care for them… when they reproduce, I can sell one to feed the children,”…
The First Link …community members who make the conscious choice to be that unbreakable first link. Their actions set everything else in motion
Hunger Crisis “We look for medicine at the livestock market clinic – tablets, syrups… But now, they don’t give any medicine.” Farhiyo Hassan
A Shared Legacy We reflect on the shared legacy of the ICRC and Somalia—a partnership built on resilience and compassion.
Somalia: Ramadan assistance distributed to 5,600 detainees 26/05/2017, Articles Palm dates, goat meat, milk powder, biscuits, sugar and tea have been distributed to 5,600 detainees in 26 places of detention in Somalia ...
Somalia: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2017 08/05/2017, Articles The Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) has endured in Somalia despite the country’s tumultuous history crisis. In the 1990s, when civil war broke ...
Somalia: Drought Emergency Response, January to July 2017 05/04/2017, Articles The humanitarian situation in Somalia is on the verge of catastrophe, and concern is growing that the trajectory is worryingly similar to Somalia’s ...
Somalia: Water an extra-precious resource during severe drought 23/03/2017, Articles Water is precious everywhere, but there are few places on Earth where water is as precious as in Somalia right now. Pastoralist families ...
Yemen: ICRC strongly condemns civilian ship attack, calls for immediate investigations 22/03/2017, Articles Geneva/Sana’a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is shocked by last night’s attack on a civilian ship carrying around ...
Somalia: Encouraged by colleagues, woman heads Mogadishu rehab centre 08/03/2017, Articles As a woman in Somalia, Halima Abdulle is well aware that leadership roles in her country have traditionally been reserved for men. But this ...
Somalia: First International Humanitarian Law moot court held in Puntland University 24/02/2017, Articles Attacks against health care workers and facilities deprive people of life-saving treatment. This is the statement that dominated the proceedings during Somalia’s first-ever ...